Why is Seaport.exe process running on my Computer?
As a computer tech I am very picky of what runs on my computer, so periodically I do a check of all the processes currently running on my computer, and that’s how I stumbled upon this process called “seaport.exe” which I have no idea where it came from, or what it does.
certainly a quick Google search will help!
apparently seaport.exe comes with Windows live application installations, like Windows Live messenger, or Windows Live writer, which I both use. certainly I don’t want this process running on my computer all the time, it consumes too much resources, and in all honestly I don’t like Microsoft doing updates on my system whenever they want. so how I disable this thing?
Seaport.exe runs as a service, so disabling the service will prevent it from running at start-up. to disable to the service click on Start then click on Run type services.msc click on Ok. the service snap-in will come up:
look for the seaport.exe service on the list right-click it and click on Stop:
after you stop the services, right-click it again, and click on Properties. the seaport properties will come up:
click on the Start up type option and select disabled then click on OK.
if you want to delete the file completely off your computer, on windows XP, it resides on this path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Search Enhancement Pack\SeaPort . on windows vista, it should reside at C:\Programs\Microsoft\Search Enhancement Pack\SeaPort
that should get rid of seaport.exe from your computer forever – or at least until you install another Windows live app.
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Thanks for the tip, my firewall keeps catching these automatically-updating Microsoft programs ever since I installed Live Messenger.
Hi Rob, thanks for stopping by. I normally disable Microsoft updates on my computer, and run a manual update once a week on my machine. I don’t like Microsoft running updates on my machine whenever they want, I hate it, especially when you need to reboot.
Ewe rox!
Thanx
what happens when you delete it? can you still use windows messenger or writer? just wanna know before i delete or disable it. thanks
Can’t everybody get together and sue Microsoft for putting such dysfunctional and malfunctiong JUNK in our homes?
I just Disabled this bandit, Seaport, and my CPU Usage dropped to from the dizzying heights.
Didn’t they used to ask if you wanted to be a Beta Tester???
Beth , you can still use…
it takes you out of enrollment in one of their marketing schemes, which they call microsoft appreciation or is it customer appreciation? or some stupid thingy so they can make more money in the future by seeing what people do..
and you can’t search ‘history’ but I think you can still search ‘history’ Favorites,,, naming in History scares people into NOT disabling it.
They WANT everyone on it to assess Market Trends!
Another useless process bites the dust. I never use the microsoft live, don’t know where that even came from. Thanks.
“honestly I don’t like Microsoft doing updates on my system whenever they want”
sory but this me me laugh
i agree with you, but is MS, you know.
Cool. Thank you very much for putting this online.
It was driving me crazy.
ty it helped me out toop iu was like what in the world is seaport n now i know so thank you for all the help