The process wlan.exe is a file belonging to 3Com OfficeConnect application. 3Com OfficeConnect is an application offering wireless connections. The process wlan.exe launches the application and activates its functionalities. These functionalities bring about the features of 3Com OfficeConnect which include simple, reliable and high speed wireless connections. The connection can be made available for both desktop and notebook. The process wlan.exe enables the user to gain access to network resources, the Internet and email. The Wlan.exe file uses a speed with a maximum of 54 Mbps and a distance with a limit of 100 meters to access these resources and the Internet. The figures show that it almost five times the speed of other wireless devices. The speed of the application makes it suitable to small offices that work on difficult audio, video and multimedia programs. 3Com OfficeConnect Wireless products that utilized the wlan.exe file include USB Adaptor, PC Card, and Compact USB Adapter.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. wlan.exe. is used by 3Com OfficeConnect, If you shut down wlan.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop wlan.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is 3Com OfficeConnect, 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 wlan.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as 3Com OfficeConnect, 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 wlan.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 wlan.exe, belongs to, in this case 3Com OfficeConnect