nvvsvc.exe
NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 306.02 by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 8.17.13.0602 |
| MD5: | bdbc8e51ff2f3b800ff7b90dcda31b48 |
| SHA1: | 2b2f87a2bf4cd7727f25cef15a611eb52ebf8524 |
| SHA256: | bc09e6bf50edaab5ad15ade6e71832ccd29f04af7ffa66b5433a589e471fd4a4 |
What is nvvsvc.exe?
The NVIDIA Driver Helper Service is used in configuring a PC's NVIDIA drivers for video graphics cards. They provide the ability to override OpenGL refresh rates through via NVIDIA Control Panel in the display properties.
Overview
nvvsvc.exe runs as a service under the name NVIDIA Display Driver Service (nvsvc) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by NVIDIA Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | nvvsvc.exe |
| Publisher: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Product name: | NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 306.02 |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe |
| Original name: | nvsvc32.exe |
| File version: | 8.17.13.0602 |
| Size: | 870.35 KB (891,240 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Friday, September 2, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, September 2, 2014 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'nvsvc' (NVIDIA Display Driver Service)
- nvsvc
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00012061% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00005981% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00006079% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 31 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 30,682/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 3.82 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 9.43 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 9.18 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 3.82 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 73.16 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 78.62 MB | |
| Working set: | 9.38 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 9.43 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,755/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 104 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 10 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 2/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 138 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 9 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 11 | |
| GUI USER count: | 5 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 5 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command lines: |
- C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe -session -first
- C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe
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| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | nvsvc |
| Display name: | NVIDIA Display Driver Service |
| Description: | “Provides system and desktop level support to the NVIDIA display driver” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent processes: |
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Threads
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Professional |
75.00% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
25.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 75.00% of NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 306.02.