The zssnp211.exe file is known as BIGDOG, which is a product created by Vimicro Corporation. This program, consisting of different modules and processes like zssnp211.exe, is an application that runs a webcam for both desktop computers and notebooks. The file zssnp211.exe is an essential component for many webcam applications that run on different Microsoft Windows operating systems, which include both early and later versions, such as Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT4, Windows ME, Windows 98, and Windows 95. As a major component, zssnp211.exe needs to be retained and kept running on the computer system. It has the feature and capability to enable a web camera installed on the computer, so if this is removed, the function of a camera may not properly work. Furthermore, the file process zssnp211.exe may require other modules or be called by other processes. Therefore, zssnp211.exe must remain active and stored on the PC unless the user wants to remove or uninstall the program.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. zssnp211.exe. is used by BIGDOG or Vimicro, If you shut down zssnp211.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop zssnp211.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is BIGDOG or Vimicro, 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.

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A process usually a part of an installed application such as BIGDOG or Vimicro, 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 zssnp211.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 zssnp211.exe, belongs to, in this case BIGDOG or Vimicro