Microsoft Office Software Protection Platform

I know whenever I run an Office program, this process will start. I assume it has to do with piracy. However, once I quit an Office program, the process (OSPPVC.EXE) is still running. What exactly is it doing? Should I keep ending it when I'm done with Office, or am I being paranoid?

 

I vaguely recall that this is Microsoft's online debugging system for Office. It works with the diagnostics tool.

Yes, anyone?

I wouldn't worry about it. Microsoft knows everything about you, anyway

It's not an anti-piracy tool, but it only works after activation.

 

Hey, try to read this thread from Microsoft Community , is should give you some answers, (see the third answer, it is from Microsoft) Link: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...ice-2010/2a6a5455-ed48-40b0-91b8-7e7f2d5f0f35

 

Ah, I was wrong. It's apparently the process to verify Office 2010 activation status. From the answers link:

Is it really that much of a resource hog?

 

That may be valid for Google but not for Microsoft.