nvsvc32.exe
NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 266.58 by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 4.00.1382.6658 |
| MD5: | a8c1e6ff53fb0628a302843ea5fa5ab6 |
| SHA1: | 38dadbe29c8395d40868337b77e45e275413d4ba |
| SHA256: | fe632cd206752052c23726e1e5468f4cf7605c923d838f677e6a6befc5491d3f |
What is nvsvc32.exe?
The Driver Helper Service is used in configuring a PC's GPU driver and provides the ability to override OpenGL refresh rates through via Control Panel in the display properties. It also provides functionality to manage the GPU's refresh rates via the built-in refresh forcer utility. It is called the 'NVIDIA Display Driver Service' in the Windows service controller.
Overview
nvsvc32.exe runs as a service under the name nvsvc (NVSvc) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The file is digitally signed by NVIDIA Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | nvsvc32.exe |
| Publisher: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Product name: | NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 266.58 |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\nvsvc32.exe |
| File version: | 4.00.1382.6658 |
| Size: | 153.1 KB (156,776 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- nvsvc
- 'NVSvc' (NVIDIA Display Driver Service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.04059363% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.03496739% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00562624% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 578,125 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 14/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 4.71 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 5.88 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 5.87 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 4.71 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 38.79 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 60.43 MB | |
| Working set: | 5.88 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 8.34 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 140 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 5 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | C:\Windows\System32\nvsvc32.exe |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | NVSvc |
| Display name: | nvsvc |
| Description: | “Provides system and desktop level support to the NVIDIA display driver” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
100.00% |
|
Distribution by country
BG installs about 50.00% of NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 266.58.
