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60% of PCs block this file from running.
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LSSrvc.exe
LightScribe by Hewlett-Packard Company
| Version: | 1.4.136.1 |
| MD5: | 559c9b7800fac92fc515cd0003d7c631 |
| SHA1: | cb71914b96fd9b72e49b0ceb8623dc83c4e5e257 |
| SHA256: | 1a2c2c3c8e1b862224267462ea3a3be5a02fe3d0626b292a663cb1ebc8a1b2c5 |
What is LSSrvc.exe?
HP LightScribe is an optical disc recording technology that uses specially coated recordable CD and DVD media to produce laser-etched labels with text or graphics, as opposed to stick-on labels and printable discs.
Overview
LSSrvc.exe runs as a service under the name LightScribeService (SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LightScribeService) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access).
Details
| File name: | LSSrvc.exe |
| Publisher: | Hewlett-Packard Company |
| Product name: | LightScribe |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\lightscribe\lssrvc.exe |
| File version: | 1.4.136.1 |
| Size: | 60 KB (61,440 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| Entropy: | 5.238536 |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- LightScribeService
- 'LightScribeService' (LightScribeService Direct Disc Labeling Service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00201329% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00169922% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00031407% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 31 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 920 KB | |
| Private (maximum): | 1.42 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 116 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 920 KB | |
| Virtual memory: | 29.92 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 33.08 MB | |
| Working set: | 120 KB | |
| Working set (peak): | 3.02 MB | |
| Page faults: | 804/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 6 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 2 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 13 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 4/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 2 | |
| Handles: | 38 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 1 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\common files\lightscribe\lssrvc.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LightScribeService |
| Display name: | LightScribeService |
| Description: | “Used by the LightScribe software components to support 3rd party disc labeling applications using the LightScribe COM Application Programming Interface (LSCAPI). This service needs to run for LightScribe direct disc labeling to work.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
48.72% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
20.51% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
8.33% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
6.41% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
5.13% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
4.49% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
2.56% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
1.92% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
0.64% |
|
| Windows XP Professional |
0.64% |
|
| Windows Vista™ Home Premium |
0.64% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 64.67% of LightScribe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
61.70% |
|
| Acer |
8.51% |
|
| Dell |
8.51% |
|
| ASUS |
8.51% |
|
| Toshiba |
4.26% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
2.13% |
|
| Medion |
2.13% |
|
| Gateway |
2.13% |
|
| Lenovo |
2.13% |
|
