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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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Import table
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:   12.00.100.010
MD5:   b5fc9ad4a57ca33c538ce3eb8bedb1d0
SHA1:   f2d4d4536a43579cab30db3818a051f0e05dbf4c
SHA256:   6f39da0f6d1068fa1e314cbdf0046879844da2d745cd159bcf8da5ac10b75ecc

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:12.00.100.010
Size:302.96 KB (310,232 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:0.00003604%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00003569%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00000035%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:476 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:23,847/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.75 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):5.41 MB
Private (minimum):5.21 MB
Non-paged memory:1.75 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:69.6 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):72.37 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:5.38 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):5.41 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:1,929/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:652 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:123 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:2 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:6
12
Handles:90
600

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:64-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
 
wow64.dll
Total CPU:0.00002041%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00001749%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00000292%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:481/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:252 KB
1.16 MB
dgnsvc.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00001166%
Kernel CPU:0.00001166%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:168/sec
Memory:336 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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