How to remove PCMService error

PCMService.exe file information

The process PowerCinema Resident Program for Dell or CyberLink PowerCinema Resident Program or PCMService MFC Application belongs to the software PCM2Launcher Application or PCMService.exe" or Cyberlink PowerCinema or PCMService Application or Pinnacle MPEG Realtime Codec or CINEMA 4D Module 'Sketch and or Creating Keepsakes Scrapbook or Sony Ericsson Device Data or Acer Empowering Technology by CyberLink Corp (www.gocyberlink.com).

Description: PCMService.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" - e.g. C:\Program Files\Dell\Media Experience\. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 290816 bytes (56% of all occurrence), 204800 bytes, 184320 bytes, 217088 bytes, 81920 bytes, 335970 bytes, 49152 bytes, 147456 bytes, 127118 bytes, 151552 bytes, 110744 bytes, 110740 bytes, 94208 bytes, 61440 bytes, 159744 bytes, 57344 bytes, 20992 bytes, 73728 bytes, 37583 bytes, 143360 bytes, 118926 bytes.
File PCMService.exe is not a Windows system file. The program is not visible. The program starts when Windows starts (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). Therefore the technical security rating is 52% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

External information from Paul Collins:

• "PCMService": In a DellMedia Experience sub-directory

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as PCMService.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the PCMService.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

Links: PCMService.exe, PCMService.exe

belastet die CPU nach PC-standby-Zeiten für mehrere Minuten extrem; als Folge lange Antwortzeiten
  Winstonse  

when this file is run from startup, no screensaver will run and the computer will not shut down automaticaly to hibernate or standby.
  Nancy Jackson  

Mine leaks memory, like 100s of MBs. CyberDirect Tech Support said it's not necessary unless you use remote control features of PowerCinema (Dell MediaDirect).
  Cory Snavely  

I noticed nothing was running on my PC yet CPU usage was way up. So I googled PCMservice.exe and found your very useful comments. I will attempt to remove it.
  Anne  

It's not a virus, but it is a memory hog. I'm running an Apache web server, MySQL database, Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Dreamweaver (all known resource intensive programs) and PCMService is always the most resource hungry application according to Task Manager.
  Lefty  

Dell MediaDirect, you can remove it if you want, and if you choose to manually install your own laptop and not use the preinstalled OS then you can simply not install it.
  danielp  

Not malware, but chewed up huge resources (way too many handles and threads) on my system until it began causing other programs to crash. Came installed on my Dell laptop, part of MediaDirect and related to Cyberlink Power Cinema. Uninstalled MediaDirect, and my laptop's happy again.
  vty  

On a new Inspiron I just bought, it lauches a new thread every 10 seconds. I had almost 2000 threads on this process at once.
  Vasyly  

PowerCinema process. Can be killed without harm
   

came on my dell and it chews up about half my memory and is constantly having page faults. Blocked it with my firewall.
  Rant  

it take up a lot of CPU resources consistently on my system now; however that was not always the case
  Phantom  

Cyber Link "Home Cinema" sicher
  Night Hawk  

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