activation.exe - What is activation.exe?

What is activation.exe doing on my computer?

Activation.exe belongs to VAIO Control Center, a utility program pre-installed on Sony VAIO laptop computers.
Non-system processes like activation.exe originate from software you installed on your system. Since most applications store data on your hard disk and in your system's registry, it is likely that your computer has suffered fragmentation and accumulated invalid entries which can affect your PC's performance.

In Windows Task Manager, you can see what CPU, memory, disk and network utilization is causing the VAIO Control Center process. To access the Task Manager, hold down the Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys at the same time. These three buttons are located on the far left of your keyboard.

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The activation.exe is an executable file on your computer's hard drive. This file contains machine code. If you start the software VAIO Control Center on your PC, the commands contained in activation.exe will be executed on your PC. For this purpose, the file is loaded into the main memory (RAM) and runs there as a VAIO Control Center process (also called a task).

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Is activation.exe harmful?

This process is considered safe. It is unlikely to pose any harm to your system.

activation.exe is a safe process

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Can I stop or remove activation.exe?

Many non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. activation.exe is used by 'VAIO Control Center'. This is an application created by 'Sony'.

If you no longer use VAIO Control Center, you can permanently remove this software and thus activation.exe from your PC. To do this, press the Windows key + R at the same time and then type 'appwiz.cpl'. Then find VAIO Control Center in the list of installed programs and uninstall this application.

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Is activation.exe CPU intensive?

This process is not considered CPU intensive. However, running too many processes on your system may affect your PC’s performance. To reduce system overload, you can use the Microsoft System Configuration Utility (MSConfig) or the Windows Task Manager to manually find and disable processes that launch upon start-up.

Use the Windows Resource Monitor to find out which processes and applications write/read the most on the hard drive, send the most data to the Internet, or use the most memory. To access the Resource Monitor, press the key combination Windows key + R and then enter 'resmon'.

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Why is activation.exe giving me errors?

Most activation issues are caused by the application executing the process. The surest way to fix these errors is to update or uninstall this application. Therefore, please search the Sony website for the latest VAIO Control Center update.

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Why do I have multiple instances of activation.exe?

Multiple copies of a process in your task manager may indicate the presence of a virus or Trojan. Make sure you always use an updated antivirus software and perform a full scan to identify any such cases.

activation.exe is known to have another instance:

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activation.exe is a part of the Microsoft Windows licensing security... read more »

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