• Properties:

• System Process: Yes
• Background Process: Yes
• Application Process:No
• Common Path:
  C:\ Windows\ System32\
• Uses Network:No
• Uses Internet:No

Description:

The file hidserv.exe, also called Human Interface Device Service or USB Human Interface Device Driver, is an integral part of Microsoft Windows. The file hidserv.exe was authored by Microsoft Corporation. The computer uses the system file hidserv.exe in times when it needs to work with Universal Serial Bus (USB (devices that have audio-related capabilities. It also works in conjunction with Human Interface Devices (HID).

The system file hidserv.exe executes the generic input from these Human Interface Devices (HID) or from these Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices that have audio capabilities. This generic input activates and maintains predefined hot keys or buttons on the USB audio devices or on the Human Interface Devices. The examples of these Human Interface Devices and USB devices with audio-related capabilities are USB multimedia keyboards with volume control and web-ready keyboards, remote control devices, game pads, and USB speakers with volume control, mute on / of button, and Bass control like the MS DSS80 Speakers.

Even if you do not use or you do not have USB devices with audio-related capabilities, you do not need to remove the system process hidserv.exe from your system. In addition, you could damage the system after disabling the program hidserv.exe through the use of the Msconfig applet. With this, it is ill advised to disable the process or alter it in any way.

The process hidserv.exe is a background file apart from being a system process. This means the file stealthily works in the background of the OS. The system file hidserv.exe is also related to the module hotplug.dll along with the stimon.exe process. It also holds a relation to the usbui.dll module. The file hidserv.exe is commonly part of the operating systems such as Windows 98 SE, Windows Millennium edition, Windows 2000, Windows NT, and MS Windows XP. The latest version of the system process hidserv.exe is 5.0.2183.1.

Recommendations:

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