The process portmap.exe file is also known as Portmap Application or ONC/RPC Portmap service for NT or ONC/RPC Portmap service registration Helper. This software belongs to Bell & Howell company. Portmap.exe is located in c:\Windows\System32\ and the size of this program is 122,368 bytes. This program is not a Windows Core file and this program does not have a visible window on a user interface whether it be a Command Line Interface (CLI) or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). This process is mainly using port for the process to connect to the Local Area Network (LAN) or the Internet. This process also listen and send data on both open port and the Internet. This process may be removed once the user removes Network specifically on Microsoft Windows NT or SANsurfer. The user may use the Microsoft System Configuration Utility to manually locate and disable this process to maximize the speed on the CPU and reduce the processes.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. portmap.exe. is used by Portmap Application, If you shut down portmap.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop portmap.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Portmap Application, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed portmap.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Portmap Application, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if portmap.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that portmap.exe, belongs to, in this case Portmap Application