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• Properties:

• System Process: Yes
• Background Process: Yes
• Application Process:Yes
• Common Path:
  C:\ Program File APC\APC PowerChute Personal Edition\ mainserv.exe
• Uses Network:No
• Uses Internet:No

Description:

The file mainserv.exe is a method belonging to the PowerChute power management utility which allows for safe shutdown and adds to power related facilities already installed on your computer. The process mainserv.exe is also known as Battery backup management service and belongs to the software APC PowerChute Personal Edition by American Power Conversion Corporation. The file mainserv.exe that is called APC_SERVICE can run at start up. The purpose of the process mainserv.exe is to enable safe shutdown and to increase the power management features of your computer.

The known file size of the application mainserv.exe on Windows XP is 176241 bytes, which is 37% of its entire occurrence. Other known files sizes of the file mainserv.exe are 155770 bytes, 176193 bytes, 176197 bytes, 151663 bytes. The file is not a Windows core file. The program mainserv.exe is not visible and is able to hide itself as a monitoring application.

The file mainserv.exe is recommended to be installed as a background task on Windows 98/ME or as a service on Windows 2000/XP/2003 by the APC PowerChute UPS monitoring software. The file also logs statistical data about all your UPS events such as power dips, power surges, UPS power ON, UPS on standby, user tests, forced shutdowns and other related concerns. It also feeds the current status of your UPS to the System Tray icon, so that the icon can correctly display the current status of your UPS. Thus, with the file mainserv.exe, you can correctly display the current status of your UPS when you open PowerChute. Finally, the file mainserv.exe will take care of shutting your PC down if you have configured your UPS to shutdown after a certain amount of minutes of power down.

The program mainserv.exe should never be disabled or stopped, as it is essential to the proper functioning of your PowerChute software, so leave it alone if you actively monitor the status of your UPS. However, aside from the auto-shutdown facility, your UPS still protects your PC even when you do not have any component of the application mainserv.exe running. More importantly, we have come across problems with the file mainserv.exe where it would hog 90%-100% of the CPU with the PC slowing down to a crawl as a result. Nevertheless, the file mainserv.exe is considered to be safe system shutdown software with sophisticated power management functions.

Additional mainserv.exe Info:

Part of: PowerChute Systems Management, Author URL: http:// www.apcc.com, File Created by: American Power Conversion Corporation

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