Owned by Microsoft Corporation, usbscan.sys is the system file for the USB scanner driver for the Windows operating system digitally signed by Microsoft Windows. USBscan.sys is a required component for the operation of all Universal Serial Bus devices and ports, a support file for all Windows USB products. USBscan.sys is contained in every version of Windows installer CDs. USBscan.sys is used for the functionalities of composite devices, USB hubs, scanners, and all imaging devices. It also has a built-in support interface for other USB HID or Human Interface Devices and PID or Physical Interface Devices such as USB mouse, keyboards, joysticks, including several numbers of Consumer Page controls for Human Interface Devices. USBscan.sys driver manages all USB digital cameras and scanning devices like sheet-fed, handheld, flatbed, and film scanners for all Windows operating systems from the Windows XP down to the later operating systems. USBscan.sys equips all WIA or Windows Imaging Architecture its universal serial bus components.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as USB Scanner Driver, 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 usbscan.sys. 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 usbscan.sys, belongs to, in this case USB Scanner Driver