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VolPanlu.exe
Creative Volume Panel by Creative Technology Ltd
| Version: | 2.61.9.0 |
| MD5: | 43a4f52f7a38ed9ee0aaca36fe6dac5d |
| SHA1: | 5f0d19f1ed683f9ec0fde305241dddb61ade0d1c |
| SHA256: | 1701c050e18e98bb9ad29568b8a50d1f907e6f6ef53520d53ef281b847c5b0c9 |
What is VolPanlu.exe?
VolPanlu.exe is part of the driver providing Windows support for Creative Sound Blaster Audio. It installs Creative Audio Console to control the user's audio device's settings.
Overview
volpanlu.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Sound Blaster X-Fi MB published by Creative Technology Ltd, X-Fi Home Theater HD from Creative Technology Ltd and X-Fi Home Theater HD by Creative Technology Ltd.
Details
| File name: | volpanlu.exe |
| Publisher: | Creative Technology Ltd |
| Product name: | Creative Volume Panel |
| Description: | VolPanlu.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\creative\sound blaster x-fi surround 5.1\volume panel\volpanlu.exe |
| File version: | 2.61.9.0 |
| Product version: | 2.61.0.0 |
| Size: | 236.12 KB (241,789 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“The Sound Blaster X-Fi MB solution provides premium audio quality, effects and features for PC systems equipped with only basic onboard audio. For gamers, the EAX® ADVANCED HD 4.0, with its state-of-the-art Multi-Environment rendering and reverb modelling, delivers a much more realistic and immersive 3D gaming experience than your motherboard audio ever will. For music lovers, the X-Fi Crystalizer can restore the details and vibrance, (...”
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'VolPanel' → "C:\Program Files\Creative\Sound Blaster X-Fi MB 2\Sound Blaster Panel\VolPanlu.exe" /r
Scheduled tasks
- The job '{34A715EE-D6C3-4654-B151-ADCBEA2FDCDA}' runs on registration in the path '\{34A715EE-D6C3-4654-B151-ADCBEA2FDCDA}'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00533962% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00265355% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00268607% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 24,068 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 13/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 5.87 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 8.85 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.01 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 5.87 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 43.3 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 43.77 MB | |
| Working set: | 6.8 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 8.88 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 2 | |
| Handles: | 132 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 86 | |
| GUI USER count: | 40 | |
Process properties
| Tray notification: | Yes |
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Program Files\creative\sb x-fi mb\volume panel\volpanlu.exe" /r
- "C:\Program Files\creative\sb arena surround headset\volume panel\volpanlu.exe" /r
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| Owner: | User |
| Parent process: | Explorer.EXE (Windows Explorer by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
28.57% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
28.57% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
14.29% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
9.52% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
9.52% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
4.76% |
|
| Windows Vista Business |
4.76% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 38.10% of Creative Volume Panel.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
46.15% |
|
| Toshiba |
30.77% |
|
| Samsung |
15.38% |
|
| Alienware |
7.69% |
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