Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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Parent process
Related files
floater.exe
Pivot Sofware by Portrait Displays (Signed)
Version: | 9.50 |
MD5: | 06392b946ee84fe3297a56d120fb45e5 |
SHA1: | 388534d846acc255f02429e07f2f714b097587a9 |
SHA256: | 1122a9c497895484fa61cbf4ac1a0a037b93de2e7553009c5adfefaa7955bd49 |
About floater.exe (from Portrait Displays)
“Rotate your display to portrait orientation to enjoy the advantages of portrait viewing. Pivot can support multiple viewing orientations: portrait 90°, presentation 180°, portrait 270°, and landscape.”
Overview
floater.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
wpctrl.exe (Pivot Sofware by Portrait Displays). This is typically installed with the program Pivot Pro Plugin published by Portrait Displays, Inc.. The file is digitally signed by Portrait Displays which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
File name: | floater.exe |
Publisher: | Portrait Displays, Inc. |
Product name: | Pivot Sofware |
Description: | Pivot Software Support DLL |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\portrait displays\pivot pro plugin\floater.exe |
File version: | 9.50 |
Size: | 695.11 KB (711,792 bytes) |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Portrait Displays |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Digital DNA |
PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
File packed: | No |
.NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
This program contains the Pivot Pro Software from Portrait Displays, Inc. for the supported display (monitor) models and operating systems. The Pivot Pro Software enables a user with a rotating display to easily and instantly switch from landscape to portrait mode, and back.
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.00006363% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00003240% | |
User CPU: | 0.00003124% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 53,477 ms/min | |
CPU cycles: | 741/sec | |
Context switches: | 123/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 2.06 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 3.18 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 434 KB | |
Non-paged memory: | 2.06 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 49.42 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 55.87 MB | |
Working set: | 658 KB | |
Working set (peak): | 4.82 MB | |
Page faults: | 1,835/min | |
I/O |
I/O read transfer: | 16 Bytes/sec | |
I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 2 | |
Handles: | 42 | |
GUI GDI count: | 24 | |
GUI GDI peak: | 24 | |
GUI USER count: | 12 | |
GUI USER peak: | 12 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Microsoft Windows XP |
66.67% |
|
Windows 7 Home Premium |
33.33% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 66.67% of Pivot Sofware.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Hewlett-Packard |
100.00% |
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