How to Deal With “Nvidia Capture Server Proxy” Process?

Nvidia is not an unheard name among the people. Nvidia is associated with premium graphics rendering hardware and software products, not just gamers but also among the general public. Those with the beastly GeForce GTX graphics card will know that it uses a companion app called GeForce experience. But recently, some users who have installed an update for the GeForce experience have been facing an issue. They have noticed an application service that is running at a startup named NVIDIA Capture Server Proxy.

In a world where malware and other harmful apps come bundled alongside innocent files. And portray themselves as part of the system while running; naturally, a guy would suspect this service to be harmful and malicious. So, what is the Nvidia capture server proxy? But rest assured, it is not a bad file to execute at all. It is pretty normal across the board, not just the case with your computer in specific. There is a way to deal with this, though, which is exactly what we will go over in this article.

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Overview: Nvidia Capture Server Proxy

If you have been using Nvidia products and services for long enough, you will know that they are incredibly clingy about their driver integrity and other techy things. So they always keep several background check services that tend to constantly monitor and maintain some of the key elements of that otherwise flawless hardware. So while it is not unnatural for them to keep a dozen services running in the background for their own products’ sake, we can still clear out some of them and make some room in the active memory for other stuff, like the game that you will actually be launching with the help of that “over-secured but powerful” GTX series graphics card.

It would be okay if the processes were fairly minimal in their operation status. Still, no! These services like the NVIDIA Capture Server Proxy services consume absurd amounts of CPU and have pretty high Disk usage. If your system is on the brink of slowing down, these services can drastically increase your boot-up times, which is not cool on a (supposedly fast) gaming machine.

If you have had enough of the NVIDIA Capture Server Proxy service constantly eating up your disk usage and active memory space, here is how you can verify the process and keep it in check.

Method to Verify the Running Nvidia Capture Server Proxy Process

Just head over to the task manager by entering the run menu. To do that, press Win+R keys and then type taskmgr. You can also enter the same by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc keys or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete and then selecting ‘Task Manager‘ among the options.

Look for the NVIDIA Capture Server Proxy process by looking through the list under the task manager’s processes tab.

Note how much of the system resource will consume by the Proxy service and any other related services. There is no real requirement of having these services running at all times when the graphics card is in use. So it is wise to kill some of those processes to free additional RAM.
To do that, go back to the Run menu again, and this time, type services. msc and hit OK.

Search for the NVIDIA Capture Server Proxy service. Double-click on it, and you will see a pop-up window.
The service status will say ‘Running.’
Click on the Stop button and make sure the service status is ‘Stopped.’

In the same window, select the box that says “Startup Type.”
Choose the Disabled option under the drop-down menu.
And then, click OK to exit the window.

This will disable the rundll32.exe NVIDIA Capture Server Proxy server. And stop it from activating as soon as your system begins to boot. The service is seemingly related to an add-on feature called ShadowPlay. It was included with the update for the existing driver package/GFE. If you still see Nvidia services cause high CPU usage, disable the Nvidia Streamer Service as well.

Also see: How to Fix NVIDIA Driver Crashing in Windows 10

What is NVIDIA Streamer Network Service?

As the name suggests, it is a streaming service included with the update package by default. It is meant to stream your games and other graphics from your PC over to your other Nvidia shield devices. The problem with this service is that it will still be running even if you don’t own any shield devices. Or don’t use this streaming service at all!

This process will run in the background and during startup by default, regardless of whether or not you have Shield devices. That is not a very wise move by Nvidia, in my opinion. They should always ask such things from the user. It is not that hard, you know. Just include a phase in the setup wizard which asks the user whether or not they have any Nvidia shield devices and would they prefer to use the NVIDIA Streamer Network Service and are okay with it running in the background all the time.

Well, they have not done that, so assuming that you do not have any NVIDIA shield devices. Here is how you can disable the NVIDIA Streamer Network Service.

How to disable Nvidia Streamer Service?

Same drill! Head over to Run window and type services.msc, click OK.
Search for Nvidia Streamer Service in the Services window. When you find it, double-click on it to open the service details.

Click on the button that reads ‘stop.’ It will suspend that service for the current boot session.

Suppose you get a prompt warning that the NVIDIA Streamer Network Service will stop if you disable this service. Agree with it and close the window.
Also, to prevent the process from waking back up during start-ups in the future. Change the startup type from the automatic option to the disabled option.

Once done, click on Apply and then click OK. This will stop the NVIDIA Streamer Network Service from running at the startup of the system. Do a fresh reboot and enjoy your system, which should now be back to normal.

Conclusion

These are some methods to help you deal with the Nvidia Capture Server Proxy process and services. We hope this information was useful to you. Do visit us for more guides and articles.

Also, see: NVIDIA Installer Failed? Here’s How to Fix It