Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
 
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        NVMCTRAY.dll
NVIDIA Media Center Library by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 7.15.11.7644 | 
| MD5: | 7542c42a0baa84d6198dcee95a0f06d8 | 
| SHA1: | 5b9ff2d820f137847708e0218e42a1b590192383 | 
| SHA256: | cd6526e73975bae4fa9af033272f32c36c690eaedd0e27418dce347b90c809aa | 
| SHA512: | 7cdbe82a9af935ed3c87d2ad89606d46cecb3aec7b5d91062b0ad35e0f1f201b59c3245870089cd8e4a1e15a9e23b3504698e5de4c8ca0e3b9d7f3294e229605 | 
What is NVMCTRAY.dll?
nvmctray.dll (NVIDIA Media Center Library) loads into nvtray.exe NVIDIA Settings is the program that runs in the notification area system tray.
Overview
nvmctray.dll executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the hosted context of 
rundll32.exe (Windows host process (Rundll32) by Microsoft). It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). The file is digitally signed by NVIDIA Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
 Details
Details
| File name: | nvmctray.dll | 
| Publisher: | NVIDIA Corporation | 
| Product name: | NVIDIA Media Center Library | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\nvmctray.dll | 
| File version: | 7.15.11.7644 | 
| Size: | 90.53 KB (92,704 bytes) | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | NVIDIA Corporation | 
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign | 
| Effective date: | Monday, August 6, 2007 | 
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, September 1, 2009 | 
| Digital DNA | 
| Entropy: | 5.230648 | 
| File packed: | No | 
| .NET CLR: | No | 
More details
 Behaviors
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'NvMediaCenter' → RUNDLL32.EXE C:\Windows\system32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
 Resource utilization
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00000501% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000447% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00000053% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 72 ms/min |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 218/sec |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 1.94 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 3.32 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 3.19 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 1.94 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 62.53 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 69.58 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 3.28 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 8.55 MB |  | 
| Page faults: | 3,686/min |  | 
| I/O | 
| I/O read transfer: | 5 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| I/O write transfer: | 5 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 2 |  | 
| Handles: | 93 |  | 
| GUI GDI count: | 24 |  | 
| GUI GDI peak: | 26 |  | 
| GUI USER count: | 7 |  | 
| GUI USER peak: | 8 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Microsoft Windows XP | 35.56% |  | 
| Windows 7 Ultimate | 24.44% |  | 
| Windows Vista Home Premium | 22.22% |  | 
| Windows Vista Home Basic | 8.89% |  | 
| Windows 7 Enterprise | 4.44% |  | 
| Windows Vista Ultimate | 2.22% |  | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 2.22% |  | 
 Distribution by country
Distribution by country
United States installs about 50.00% of NVIDIA Media Center Library.
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Hewlett-Packard | 28.57% |  | 
| ASUS | 28.57% |  | 
| Intel | 28.57% |  | 
| Acer | 14.29% |  |