Dec 05, 2010 I noticed a warning on my Win7 machine about updating the Protexis Licensing service. I obviously asked myself, 'WTF?' It turns out it is a third party. Remove Protexis Licensing Service from your computer. It's not malware, but it behaves like it. Safely remove Protexis from your system to free up resources.

The Protexis Licensing Service is required to successfully register Act! And maintain the licensing information associated with your serial number(s). If the service becomes damaged or is removed, you can use the LicensingService.exe file in the File Attachments section near the bottom of this article to reinstall it. Important: The LicensingService.exe file will only work with the following versions of Act!: • Act! V16 (16.x) • Sage ACT! 2013 (15.x) • Sage ACT!

2012 (14.x) • Sage ACT! 2011 (13.x) • ACT! 2010 (12.x) • ACT! 2009 (11.x) • ACT!

2008 (10.x) • ACT! 2007 (9.0.1 with Hotfix 2 or higher) If Protexis is damaged, follow the steps below to manually remove and then reinstall the service. If Protexis is not on your machine, then skip ahead to Step 6: • Click on Start then Run. Type 'services.msc' in the Open field and then click OK. The Services console appears. • Locate and right-click Protexis Licensing V2 on the right-hand side of the console and select Stop. A dialog box briefly appears indicating the service stopping.

• Close the Services console. • In a Windows® Explorer window, browse to C: Program Files Common Files and delete the Protexis folder • Note: On 64-bit Windows ® Operating Systems, browse to C: Program Files(x86) Common Files • Browse to, and open the following folder, depending on your version of ACT! And your computer's operating system: Sage ACT! 2012, Sage ACT! V16 Windows XP, Server 2003: C: Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Protexis Windows Vista, Windows 7, Server 2008: C: ProgramData Protexis ACT! 2007 (9.0.1 Hot Fix 3 and higher), ACT!

2010, Sage ACT! 2011 Windows XP, Server 2003: C: Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Windows Vista, Windows 7, Server 2008: C: ProgramData ACT! 2005, 2006, 2007 (9.0. Rabindranath Tagore Documentary By Satyajit Ray. 1, Hot Fix 2) Windows XP, Server 2003: C: Windows system32 Windows 2000, Server 2000: C: Winnt system32 NOTE: In some instances files from older versions of Act! Can be left behind.

If you're still having problems after performing these steps pleae check old directories as detailed above. • Locate and rename the KGyGaAvL.sys file to KGyGaAvL.old • Locate the 10-digit alpha-numeric.sys file, and rename the.sys extension to.old NOTE: This file will have exactly 10 characters in the name (not including the.sys extension), so becareful not to rename any.sys files that have more or less than 10 characters. • Close the Windows Explorer window. • Click Start and select Run.

• The Run dialog box appears. In the Select field, type regedit.

If you have installed trial or paid licensed version of Corel software products, you probably may notice a third-party unannounced software application makes its way into your computer too. The program is PSIService.exe by Protexis, which installs a Protexis Licensing service or Protexis Licensing V2 service in Windows operating system. PSIService is part of Protexis copy protection DRM (digital rights management) and license management software, which intends to protect a software or application from piracy and illegal copying.

Thus PSI service is normally installed by another program, such as Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2, Corel Paint Shop Pro XI (X1), Corel Paint Shop Pro X, that uses its service to gather licensing information to send home much like spyware, ensure copy protection and authenticate user that uses genuine version of the program. To make matter worse, the ProtexisLicensing service may make PC boots up slower, and when disabled, will cause Corel Paint Shop Pro to stop working, in addition to warn you of running illegal copy of non-genuine software. Besides, PSIService.exe does not uninstall together with the application that installed it, when the application is uninstalled and removed.

In any case, whether you want to get rid of Protexis while keeping the application that dependent on it still working properly and able to run (contrary to popular belief, Protexis Licensing service is not required for program to run), or now need to clean the Protexis PSIService spyware manually due to non-removal by original application that installs it, the procedures to complete uninstall and remove Protexis is easy. In fact, the instructions to uninstall PSIservice is provided on. If you are certain that no applications using PSIService are still installed on your system, and this service is still running, you can remove it manually by following these instructions: • Remove the following registry entry: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services ProtexisLicensing] • Reboot your computer.