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VersionsAdditional versions

12.50.000.142 1.92%
12.50.000.065 23.08%
12.00.100.010 5.77%
12.00.100.010 13.46%
11.50.100.040 7.69%
11.50.100.039 9.62%
11.00.200.430 1.92%
11.00.200.401 1.92%
11.00.200.206 1.92%
11.00.200.090 1.92%
11.00.200.049 17.31%
11.00.200.049 1.92%
11.00.200.049 11.54%

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advapi32.dll
OpenThreadToken, RegRestoreKeyA, RegSaveKeyA, AdjustTokenPrivileges, LookupPrivilegeValueA, RegFlushKey, RegQueryValueExA, ReportEventA, RegisterEventSourceA, LookupAccountSidA, DeregisterEventSource, AllocateAndInitializeSid, EqualSid, FreeSid, CreateServiceA, DeleteService, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherA, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerA, ControlService, OpenSCManagerA, OpenServiceA, CloseServiceHandle, StartServiceA, QueryServiceStatus, OpenProcessToken, RegEnumKeyExA, GetTokenInformation, SetSecurityDescriptorGroup, SetSecurityDescriptorOwner, InitializeSecurityDescriptor, IsValidSid, GetLengthSid, CopySid, RegQueryInfoKeyA, RegSetValueExA, RegOpenKeyExA, RegCreateKeyExA, RegCloseKey, RegDeleteValueA, RegDeleteKeyA, SetServiceStatus, RegRestoreKeyW, RegSaveKeyW, LookupPrivilegeValueW, RegQueryValueExW, RegisterEventSourceW, ReportEventW, LookupAccountSidW, CreateServiceW, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerW, OpenSCManagerW, OpenServiceW, StartServiceW, RegEnumKeyExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegSetValueExW, RegDeleteValueW, RegDeleteKeyW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegOpenKeyExW
kernel32.dll
ExpandEnvironmentStringsA, FindClose, FindNextFileA, FindFirstFileA, LocalFree, FormatMessageA, GetSystemDefaultLangID, GetExitCodeProcess, CreateProcessA, GetTempPathA, GetFileInformationByHandle, CreateFileA, GetPrivateProfileStringA, FlushInstructionCache, TerminateThread, SetLastError, FileTimeToSystemTime, FileTimeToLocalFileTime, GetLocalTime, SetEvent, CreateThread, CreateEventA, SetThreadPriority, LocalAlloc, SetEnvironmentVariableA, CompareStringW, CompareStringA, FlushFileBuffers, WriteConsoleW, GetConsoleOutputCP, SetStdHandle, GetLocaleInfoW, GetConsoleMode, GetConsoleCP, SetFilePointer, IsValidLocale, EnumSystemLocalesA, GetLocaleInfoA, GetUserDefaultLCID, GetCurrentProcessId, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetStartupInfoA, GetFileType, SetHandleCount, GetEnvironmentStringsW, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetEnvironmentStrings, FreeEnvironmentStringsA, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, InterlockedExchange, GetTimeZoneInformation, LCMapStringW, LCMapStringA, GetStringTypeW, GetStringTypeA, GetStdHandle, WriteFile, HeapCreate, GetDiskFreeSpaceExA, GetComputerNameA, GetFileAttributesA, GetVersionExA, FindResourceExA, LockResource, TerminateProcess, OpenProcess, SystemTimeToFileTime, CompareFileTime, GetTickCount, WaitForSingleObject, LoadLibraryExA, FindResourceA, LoadResource, SizeofResource, FreeLibrary, MultiByteToWideChar, IsDBCSLeadByte, GetCurrentThreadId, SetConsoleCtrlHandler, Sleep, GetModuleHandleW, GetModuleFileNameA, GetCurrentThread, GetCurrentProcess, CloseHandle, lstrcmpiA, lstrlenA, GetModuleHandleA, GetProcAddress, InterlockedDecrement, InterlockedIncrement, GetLastError, DeleteCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, RaiseException, lstrlenW, WideCharToMultiByte, WriteConsoleA, TlsFree, TlsSetValue, TlsAlloc, TlsGetValue, IsValidCodePage, GetOEMCP, GetACP, GetCPInfo, GetCommandLineA, ExitProcess, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, IsDebuggerPresent, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, UnhandledExceptionFilter, VirtualQuery, GetSystemInfo, VirtualProtect, RtlUnwind, VirtualAlloc, VirtualFree, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, LoadLibraryA, InterlockedCompareExchange, HeapSize, HeapReAlloc, HeapAlloc, HeapDestroy, GetProcessHeap, HeapFree, ReadFile, FindFirstFileW, FormatMessageW, CreateProcessW, GetTempPathW, CreateFileW, GetPrivateProfileStringW, CreateEventW, SetEnvironmentVariableW, FindNextFileW, GetStartupInfoW, LoadLibraryW, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, GetDiskFreeSpaceExW, GetComputerNameW, GetFileAttributesW, GetVersionExW, LoadLibraryExW, GetModuleFileNameW, lstrcmpiW, FindResourceExW, FindResourceW, HeapSetInformation, GetCommandLineW, EncodePointer, DecodePointer, InterlockedPopEntrySList, InterlockedPushEntrySList
ole32.dll
CoTaskMemAlloc, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoCreateInstance, CoRevokeClassObject, CoRegisterClassObject, CoTaskMemFree, CoCreateInstanceEx, CoDisconnectObject, CoUninitialize, CoInitializeSecurity, CoInitialize, CoRevertToSelf, CoImpersonateClient, StringFromGUID2
secur32.dll
GetUserNameExA, GetUserNameExW
shell32.dll
SHGetSpecialFolderPathA, SHGetSpecialFolderPathW
shlwapi.dll
PathAppendA, PathRemoveBackslashA, PathRemoveFileSpecA, PathFindFileNameA, PathFindExtensionA, PathAppendW, PathRemoveBackslashW, PathRemoveFileSpecW, PathFindFileNameW, PathFindExtensionW
user32.dll
RegisterClassExA, PostThreadMessageA, CharNextA, CharNextW, MessageBoxA, DispatchMessageA, GetMessageA, wsprintfA, TranslateMessage, PeekMessageA, wvsprintfA, SetWindowLongA, SetTimer, KillTimer, CallWindowProcA, GetWindowLongA, CreateWindowExA, GetClassInfoExA, DefWindowProcA, DestroyWindow, LoadCursorA, UnregisterClassA, CreateWindowExW, PostThreadMessageW, MessageBoxW, DispatchMessageW, GetMessageW, wsprintfW, PeekMessageW, wvsprintfW, SetWindowLongW, GetClassInfoExW, CallWindowProcW, GetWindowLongW, RegisterClassExW, DefWindowProcW, LoadCursorW

dgnsvc.exe

Dragon NaturallySpeaking by Nuance Communications (Signed)

Remove dgnsvc.exe
Version:   11.00.200.049
MD5:   0e9a9ae5b02069b548325d4fa2aea4a0
SHA1:   fe897184b35b80a1ab5a599da104dd19aa6121ae
SHA256:   34360faf4f542d6b09362c64edc3f383779d865db73f95b34bea30682db52913

What is dgnsvc.exe?

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Service for Dragon NaturallySpeaking, a speech recognition software package developed and sold by Nuance Communications for Windows PCs. NaturallySpeaking uses a minimal user interface. As an example, dictated words appear in a floating tooltip as they are spoken, and when the speaker pauses, the program transcribes the words into the active window at the location of the cursor.

About dgnsvc.exe (from Nuance Communications)

Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon NaturallySpeaking that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages. In fact, it’s up to

DetailsDetails

File name:dgnsvc.exe
Publisher:Nuance Communications, Inc.
Product name:Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Description:Dragon NaturallySpeaking Service
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\common files\nuance\dgnsvc.exe
Original name:DgnSvc
File version:11.00.200.049
Size:289.85 KB (296,808 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Nuance Communications
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Expiration date:Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows Console
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • 'DragonSvc' (Dragon Service)
  • DragonSvc

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00183452%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00091726%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00091726%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:16 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:1.13 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):3.99 MB
Private (minimum):3.91 MB
Non-paged memory:1.13 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:52.03 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):55.03 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:3.91 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):3.99 MB
37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:78
600

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\common files\nuance\dgnsvc.exe"
Owner:SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:DragonSvc
Display name:Dragon Service
Description:“Dragon NaturallySpeaking Service”
Type:Win32ShareProcess, InteractiveProcess
Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
sechost.dll
Total CPU:0.00185310%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00185310%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00000000%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:35,828/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:100 KB
1.16 MB
dgnsvc.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00185116%
Kernel CPU:0.00000000%
User CPU:0.00185116%
CPU cycles:26,229/sec
Memory:316 KB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 50.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 19.23%
Windows 8 Pro 9.62%
Windows 7 Professional 5.77%
Windows Vista Home Premium 5.77%
Windows Vista Business 3.85%
Windows 8.1 1.92%
Windows 8 1.92%
Microsoft Windows XP 1.92%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 73.08% of Dragon NaturallySpeaking .

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 38.46%
Hewlett-Packard 25.00%
Toshiba 19.23%
Acer 5.77%
Sahara 3.85%
Alienware 3.85%
Samsung 1.92%
GIGABYTE 1.92%
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