The vaioupdt.exe process is also known as VAIO Update and it belongs to the software VAIO Update. It is owned by Sony. There is minimal information collected about the process. The process is not visible. The process starts when Windows starts. It is not a Windows core file. The process contains a security rating of 45% dangerous, which makes it of mixed reviews according to the users; it is generally wiser if the user runs this process under critical conditions within his or her computer system; in order to mitigate any potential dangers to the user’s computer system, the user needs to be aware of the probabilities that this process may inhabit some possible threats, such as Trojans, virus, worm, and any other potential infections (which makes this process vulnerable to virus writers) that needs to be aware of, as well taking necessary measures which can be done whenever this program is being operated in order to perform the security for the user’s computer system. It may be advisable to keep this program operating and not terminating it as terminating it might cause the computer system to behave in an odd manner.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as VAIO Update, 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 vaioupdt.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 vaioupdt.exe, belongs to, in this case VAIO Update