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• Properties:

• System Process: No
• Background Process: Yes
• Application Process:Yes
• Common Path:
  [% C:\ Program File %]
• Uses Network:No
• Uses Internet:No

Description:

The active file agpwiz.exe is related to the Creative AGP Wizard application. Basically, the relation of the agpwiz.exe process to the aforementioned software product is the process responsibility to communicate with the application and instruct it to initialize the main program window of the Creative AGP Wizard application. Since the file agpwiz.exe should be clicked by the user with the left mouse button so as to be offered with the features that come bundled with the application, it is also considered as a user-initialized process. This also means the OS cannot execute the agpwiz.exe process on itself so as to launch the main program window of the Creative AGP Wizard application. However, this process can be configured by the user to initialize during boot time through the MSConfig applet.

The file agpwiz.exe is a process that does not come included with Windows OS platform installation versions. This also means it is not amongst the processes that update the MS Windows OS so as to fix bugs and security holes. However, it should not be terminated unless a good anti-malware program has considered the agpwiz.exe file found on your computer as the illegitimate or corrupted version of the good process.

The agpwiz.exe file also allows other programs to automatically start even when it is left open. The program agpwiz.exe is similar to the other user-initialized program window launchers of various third-party programs for Windows-based computers because it consumes minimal memory resources. It is particularly allocated by the machines OS around 243Kb of virtual memory whenever it is instructing the other components of the application to start working since the main program window of the application is being accessed by the user. However, the functionality embedded on the file agpwiz.exe is not amongst the built-in processes of MS Windows Operating System platform versions. Nevertheless, the file agpwiz.exe is a program that is safe to operate on your Windows-based machine. Since this program consumes a minimal amount of memory, it would be fine if users allowed this program to run upon system startup. Leaving the agpwiz.exe process running is also okay if it does not conflict with other programs.

The Creative AGP Wizard is a program with a multi-use utility. It is used for Creative Labs AGP graphics cards. It allows users to set the AGP 1X/ 2X/ 4X bus data transfer rate. The Creative AGP Wizard also allows users to enable or disable the side-band address mode and fast write option. This application supports the following graphics adapters:

* 3D Blaster GeForce Pro;

* 3D Blaster GeForce;

* 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 Ultra;

* 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2;

* Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value (M64/ Vanta);

* Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT;

* And the Graphics Blaster Extreme AGP.

Recommendations:

This is a safe process. There is no necessity to remove this process from your system or change it in any way.

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