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VolPanlu.exe
Creative Volume Panel by Creative Technology Ltd
| Version: | 2.61.10.0 |
| MD5: | f381e01b43a9135aa11e330b4663ddbe |
| SHA1: | 0c7d11d53150c8e0033f13876b68a5fbc498e415 |
| SHA256: | f4c01ab114c5b6c58bde0eb1111a196f8d057b5be46d62abcd2d841b8b65b766 |
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 Volume Panel published by Creative Technology Ltd, Creative USB Headsets from Creative Technology Ltd and Creative USB Headsets 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: | 2.61.10.0 |
| 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 Volume Panel utility is included with numerous Creative audio devices and is an additional programs that lets the user regulate and manage the PC volume in relation to programs much like the built in Windows Volume program.
“3D surround sound gaming with EAX support: To bring your games to life. 24-bit multichannel performance/96kHz stereo: For both playback and recording. Supports 2-, 4- and 5.1-channel output: To best fit your system's needs. Supports stereo S/PDIF out and pass-through of multichannel DVD sound. Provides general MIDI support.”
“Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro turns your PC or notebook into a 5.1 entertainment system, featuring THX TruStudio Pro technology. Easy to install, it replaces low quality on-board audio with high quality connectivity options and remote control. A convenient volume control knob, headphone and microphone inputs for a headset are also close at hand.”
“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, (...”
Sound Blaster Audigy is a product line of sound cards from Creative Technology. It supports a revised DMA engine allowed end-to-end high-resolution (24-bit) audio playback: 96 kHz 6.1 channel recording, and 192 kHz stereo. Audigy 2's 3D audio capabilities received a boost when compared to its predecessors. Creative created the EAX 4.0 ADVANCED HD standard to coincide with Audigy 2's release. The chip again can process up to 64 DirectSou...
“The Sound Blaster Audigy ADVANCED MB solution provides premium audio quality, effects and features for PC systems equipped with only basic onboard audio. Through a comprehensive suite of music listening applications, users can enjoy better music with effects such as EAX reverbs, CMSS-3D surround sound, 10 band EQ, Bass boost, Smart Crossfade, Time Scaling and Audio Cleanup. Creative have worked closely with various HD Audio codec vendo...”
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: | 0.00449065% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00257213% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00191852% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,950,075 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 699,463/sec | |
| Context switches: | 4/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 11.56 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 14.65 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 11.47 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 11.56 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 109 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 118.23 MB | |
| Working set: | 14.53 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 14.92 MB | |
| Page faults: | 10,651/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 30.13 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 3/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 404 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 30/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 207 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 84 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 84 | |
| GUI USER count: | 34 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 37 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | High |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Program Files\creative\sound blaster x-fi\volume panel\volpanlu.exe" /r
- "C:\Program Files\rocketfish\rf5.1\volume panel\volpanlu.exe" /r
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| Owner: | User |
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% |
|
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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