udetect.exe
What is udetect.exe?
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Windows Process Description:
The process udetect.exe is an executable application that auto-sense and detects USB1 devices. It belongs to Ali Corporation, the world's leading supplier of integrated circuits for high speed imaging, storage, and multimedia peripheral products. It is one of the few companies to own Intellectual Property Rights in its own field.
The file udetect.exe is incorporated in all Ali device drivers for Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows XP with a current file version of 1.0.0.1. The udetect.exe application allows you to connect or disconnect devices without shutting down or restarting your computer.
Once a USB device has been detected, the program udetect.exe puts an icon in the system taskbar. This icon remains while the USB hardware device is still attached to the computer. The application udetect.exe allows you to select the hardware device you want to unplug or eject from your computer by right clicking on the icon and then click stop. Wait for Windows notification message that permits you to remove the hardware device safely from your computer. Unplugging of ejecting devices without first stopping them can often cause your computer to crash and lose valuable data.
The udetect.exe file has occupies a minimal amount of disk space with only 56.0 KB or 57344 bytes on Windows XP. When active, it uses around 2.3 MB of RAM resources. The file udetect.exe is commonly located in a subfolder of C:/Windows/.
The program udetect.exe displays a non-visible window and silently runs in the background. In the best case, it is device driver software. The udetect.exe application is non-essential component of the Windows operating system. It is recommended that it will not be altered or deleted if does not cause your system any problem.
However, the process udetect.exe has documented history for failure with scanners, cameras and other sophisticated USB devices. There are no patches for this host controller other than those issued by Microsoft. Problems with the application udetect.exe can often be traced to BIOS settings, thus return RAM settings to default or normal in order to avoid overclocking. Before doing this, set the FSB (Front Sound Bus) to default.
Author: Ali Corporation.
Author URL: http://www.ali.com.tw
Part Of: Ali USB device driver
Memory Usage: High, it utilizes 2.3 MB of RAM resources.
System Process: No
Application: Yes
Background Process: Yes
Uses Network: No
Uses Internet: No
Hardware Related: Yes, used with USB1 devices.
Common Path: C:\Windows\udetect.exe
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