dxdiag.exe
Microsoft DirectX Diagnostic Tool by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
There are 4 versions of dxdiag.exe in the wild, the latest version being 7.0.6002.18107 (vistasp2_gdr_win7ip_dgt(wmbla).090924-1550). A job within the Windows Task Scheduler is added to execute this process of a specific schedule during installation of the program that will runs on registration. The average file size is about 1012.75 KB.
Details
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| File name: | dxdiag.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Microsoft DirectX Diagnostic Tool |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\dxdiag.exe |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of dxdiag.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\dxdiag.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\dxdiag.exe'
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'tmp81BA' runs on registration in the path '\tmp81BA'
All file variations of dxdiag.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
88.89% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
11.11% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 66.67% of Microsoft DirectX Diagnostic Tool.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
57.14% |
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| Compaq |
28.57% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
14.29% |
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