What is livecomm.exe and how do I remove it?

[iboycott]

My computer has been freezing a bit recently and under my resource monitor there is this livecomm.exe that uses a lot of my cpu. When i try to disable it, it just starts back up again saying its suspended. Any idea what this is and how to remove it?

 

[thor220]

Livecomm is a service for windows 8 that manages the metro mail and calender app.

If you want to remove it, go to the metro screen and right click on messaging app then select uninstall.

 

[iboycott]

Livecomm is a service for windows 8 that manages the metro mail and calender app.

If you want to remove it, go to the metro screen and right click on messaging app then select uninstall.

I dont even see a messaging app.

 

[thor220]

Maybe you unpined it from the start screen. You should be able to find it if you use the search.

 

[alissa_914]

My computer has been freezing a bit recently and under my resource monitor there is this livecomm.exe that uses a lot of my cpu. When i try to disable it, it just starts back up again saying its suspended. Any idea what this is and how to remove it?

I found this link:

https://messengergeek.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/how-to-stop-the-built-in-messenger-from-signing-in-on-windows-8-consumer-preview/

This worked for me. I'm using an old Inspiron Duo 1090 and Win 8.1 was painful to use because this process would use up to 30% of the CPU unless I downgraded the priority. By turning on the firewall and adding this entry to the firewall, the process can't use Messenger (still don't know where this process is but if it's with Mail, I'm assuming that it's because I have PUSH notifications on or something) and the CPU usage drops significantly.

Now, it hovers like it did with Windows 7 at about 10% CPU usage for most things.

 

[Sergio Luis G Mello]

My computer has been freezing a bit recently and under my resource monitor there is this livecomm.exe that uses a lot of my cpu. When i try to disable it, it just starts back up again saying its suspended. Any idea what this is and how to remove it?

I found this link:

https://messengergeek.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/how-to-stop-the-built-in-messenger-from-signing-in-on-windows-8-consumer-preview/

This worked for me. I'm using an old Inspiron Duo 1090 and Win 8.1 was painful to use because this process would use up to 30% of the CPU unless I downgraded the priority. By turning on the firewall and adding this entry to the firewall, the process can't use Messenger (still don't know where this process is but if it's with Mail, I'm assuming that it's because I have PUSH notifications on or something) and the CPU usage drops significantly.

Now, it hovers like it did with Windows 7 at about 10% CPU usage for most things.

Wow :O THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH Alissa!!!!!!! This process was consumming about 50% to 60% of my CPU (Yes, 60%) and it won't close, even if you click "details" and "kill process tree", it starts itself again and again, it's a painful headache, the guy who created this thing should be arrested!!! I killed that process using your link and the command line included at the text and immediately my CPU consume decreased to 3% to 4% (Yes, astounding :O)... Thank you very much again, you saved my virtual life!!!

 

[Michael_5]

Clear the lockscreen apps and turn off notifications and it returns to the purest experience with just the desktop (Windows 7) open.

My computer has been freezing a bit recently and under my resource monitor there is this livecomm.exe that uses a lot of my cpu. When i try to disable it, it just starts back up again saying its suspended. Any idea what this is and how to remove it?

I found this link:

https://messengergeek.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/how-to-stop-the-built-in-messenger-from-signing-in-on-windows-8-consumer-preview/

This worked for me. I'm using an old Inspiron Duo 1090 and Win 8.1 was painful to use because this process would use up to 30% of the CPU unless I downgraded the priority. By turning on the firewall and adding this entry to the firewall, the process can't use Messenger (still don't know where this process is but if it's with Mail, I'm assuming that it's because I have PUSH notifications on or something) and the CPU usage drops significantly.

Now, it hovers like it did with Windows 7 at about 10% CPU usage for most things.

Wow :O THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH Alissa!!!!!!! This process was consumming about 50% to 60% of my CPU (Yes, 60%) and it won't close, even if you click "details" and "kill process tree", it starts itself again and again, it's a painful headache, the guy who created this thing should be arrested!!! I killed that process using your link and the command line included at the text and immediately my CPU consume decreased to 3% to 4% (Yes, astounding :O)... Thank you very much again, you saved my virtual life!!!