Very often, in the "Task Manager" users of Windows-systems observe many unknown processes. Despite the fact that today viral activity is increased as never before, not all services can be attributed to those. In particular, this concerns the Atieclxx.exe executable file. What kind of process is displayed in this case will be further considered. At the same time, we will find out why it can cause excessive loads on computer resources, and how to get rid of it.
What is the Atieclxx.exe process?
To begin with, users who consider the presence of this executable component in the "Task Manager" to be the consequences of penetrating the system and exposure to viruses and malicious executable codes are deeply mistaken. This service has a different nature.
What is the Atieclxx.exe process? This is a component of the AMD External Events Client Module for the Radeon graphics adapters. Actually, the service itself does not pose any threat, although it can cause some conflicts in the operating system. Unfortunately, it even happens that when a user edits the most common Microsoft Word file, the system hangs tight. Some blame it on the process being described, but just the other day a publication flashed in the Russian media about the fact that this was due solely to flaws in the latest version of Windows, which Microsoft specialists for some reason did not want to eliminate. But what are the reasons for this behavior of the program, and what can be done to get rid of such negative consequences of failures arising in the program?
The processor is 100% loaded: why?
The reason, first of all, should be sought in outdated or incorrectly installed video card drivers. The program itself is not a means of updating them. Rather, it can be designated as a tool for interpreting external events related to the VRAM configuration.
What kind of Atieclxx.exe process do we have in this case? As practice shows, it is activated exclusively in case of a lack of RAM of the video card with too many simultaneously processed processes. For example, a user started a game, but then minimized it to tray, because it was urgently needed to edit a text document. Here is the first sign that even Word may freeze in such a situation. But if the game is quite resource-intensive, even its operation in minimized form or in the background can give a significant load to the central and graphic processors, and, accordingly, to RAM (stationary and graphic).
How to disable the service?
But it is not all that bad. The question of how to remove Atieclxx.exe can be resolved quite simply. Naturally, this does not come down to the physical removal of the program from the hard drive (although this is possible), but more comparable to disabling the service that controls this process. After its deactivation, the user process itself will no longer bother.
For a complete shutdown, you must first complete all AMD-related processes in the Task Manager. After that, you need to call the services section through the "Run" console by entering the services.msc combination, find the corresponding component there, go into parameter editing via RMB or double-click, stop the service and set the shutdown to full startup.
Startup Management
Next, you should turn to the startup menu using the msconfig command for versions of Windows below the tenth (for the “ten”, the corresponding tab is located directly in the “Task Manager”).
Here you just need to uncheck the box with the name of the client and / or the Catalyst program, save the changes and restart the system. If you do not turn off the auto start, you can get additional problems. On the one hand, the service seems to be disabled, on the other hand, its executable component, which starts with the system, will try to turn it on by referring to the appropriate system settings, which will only lead to a looping process and the OS itself freezing due to increased load.
Brief summary and tips in the end
Summing up, it should be noted that the process itself is not dangerous. However, to complete the management of the graphics card, you should not get rid of this utility.
If it, after constant reboots, gives a significant load on resources, you can reinstall it. However, when using uninstallers, one should pay attention to the moment that with activated deep scanning, absolutely all components will be found and removed, one way or another, related to AMD software, including even drivers. So, if you want to perform a “clean” reinstallation, so to speak, first uninstall everything related to AMD, restart it, and only then reinstall it using original disks or files downloaded from the manufacturer’s resource. No other way.
Manual removal of the same registry keys is recommended to be performed only by advanced users, and it is better for ordinary users not to intervene there, since the consequences for the operating system can be most fatal (up to a complete crash).