nvvsvc.exe
NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 296.49 by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 8.17.12.9649 |
| MD5: | a1ef1e69262d1d254b8d401f67509c2d |
| SHA1: | 2957c4b0bcab579ad3524753c8d6ab12c87b4a5b |
| SHA256: | c7b23ae7b77bce1b7b5e008c2893753a225aaf66cbdecd934cf67a53b271f103 |
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 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.
Details
| File name: | nvvsvc.exe |
| Publisher: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Product name: | NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 296.49 |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe |
| Original name: | nvsvc32.exe |
| File version: | 8.17.12.9649 |
| Size: | 868.81 KB (889,664 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000268% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000136% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000133% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 109 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 38,032/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 5.38 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 5.28 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 5.28 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 5.38 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 75.56 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 85.01 MB | |
| Working set: | 5.28 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 10.81 MB | |
| Page faults: | 4,288/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 146 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 10 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 12 | |
| 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 |
| Display name: | nvsvc |
| Parent processes: |
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Threads
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
100.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 100.00% of NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 296.49.
