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45% of PCs block this file from running.
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Performance resource utilization
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Import table
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DllMain
DriverManager.exe
DriverManager by PC Drivers HeadQuarters (Signed)
Version: | 8.2.0.4 |
MD5: | 6fb9a01765f1a88f26f1407948c71a7e |
SHA1: | a9e67d47e36deef34e383550bba37e6d999098d5 |
SHA256: | 27d420f91f68b6b5bb46fca9f1cc861d626710453bef6bb2881b359b4d7109f1 |
What is DriverManager.exe?
DriverManager is a PC driver update utility that compares drivers installed on a PC to the most up to date drivers and makes various recommendations for updating them.
About DriverManager.exe (from PC Drivers HeadQuarters)
“At PC Drivers HeadQuarters we have distilled 10 years of PC hardware expertise into our driver identification software, Driver Detective. Driver Detective was created to save you time and remove any g”
Details
File name: | drivermanager.exe |
Publisher: | PC Drivers Headquarters |
Product name: | DriverManager |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\driver manager\driver manager\drivermanager.exe |
File version: | 8.2.0.4 |
Size: | 3.78 MB (3,964,792 bytes) |
Build date: | 6/25/2013 11:44 AM |
Certificate |
Issued to: | PC Drivers HeadQuarters |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Monday, April 4, 2011 |
Expiration date: | Tuesday, April 22, 2014 |
Digital DNA |
File packed: | No |
Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
.NET CLR: | Yes |
.NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'Driver Manager-RTMUpdater' runs weekly in the path '\Driver Manager-RTMUpdater'
- The task 'Driver Manager-RTMScan' in the path '\Driver Manager-RTMScan'
- The job 'Driver Manager-RTMRules' runs weekly in the path '\Driver Manager-RTMRules'
- Entry path '\Driver Manager-RTMUpdater'
- Entry path '\Driver Manager-RTMScan'
- Entry path '\Driver Manager-RTMRules'
- Entry path '\Driver Detective-RTMRules'
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Driver Detective' → C:\Program Files\Driver Manager\Driver Manager\DriverManager.exe /applicationModC:systemTray /showWelcomC:false
- 'Driver Manager' → C:\Program Files\Driver Manager\Driver Manager\DriverManager.exe /applicationModC:systemTray /showWelcomC:false
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.00234161% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00178865% | |
User CPU: | 0.00055296% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 952 ms/min | |
CPU cycles: | 1,193,649/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 49.2 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 58.54 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 29.02 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 49.2 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 252.95 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 267.48 MB | |
Working set: | 52.79 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 69.69 MB | |
Page faults: | 29,436/min | |
I/O |
I/O read transfer: | 118.45 KB/sec | |
I/O read operations: | 10/sec | |
I/O write transfer: | 24.08 KB/sec | |
I/O write operations: | 8/sec | |
I/O other transfer: | 1.12 KB/sec | |
I/O other operations: | 283/sec | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 13 | |
Handles: | 554 | |
GUI GDI count: | 51 | |
GUI USER count: | 80 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
22.41% |
|
Windows Vista Home Premium |
20.69% |
|
Microsoft Windows XP |
13.79% |
|
Windows 8 |
10.34% |
|
Windows 7 Professional |
8.62% |
|
Windows 7 Ultimate N |
8.62% |
|
Windows 8 Pro |
8.62% |
|
Windows 7 Ultimate |
3.45% |
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Windows Vista Ultimate |
1.72% |
|
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
1.72% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 81.03% of DriverManager.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Hewlett-Packard |
43.59% |
|
Sony |
30.77% |
|
Intel |
15.38% |
|
Dell |
10.26% |
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