Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
ose.exe
Office Source Engine by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) |
| MD5: | b918311a8e59fb8ccf613a110024deba |
| SHA1: | a9a64a53d2d1c023d058cfe23db4c9b4fbe59d1b |
| SHA256: | e1f7612086c2d01f15f2e74f1c22bc6abeb56f18e6bda058edce8d780aebb353 |
Overview
ose.exe runs as a service under the name Office Source Engine (ose) within the local user context. It is installed with a couple of know programs including DeviceManager published by eInstruction, DeviceManager from eInstruction and DeviceManager by eInstruction. The file is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation. This version is designed to run on Windows 7 and is compiled as a 64 bit program.
Details
| File name: | ose.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Office Source Engine |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\microsoft shared\source engine\ose.exe |
| File version: | 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) |
| Product version: | 6.1.7600.16385 |
| Size: | 676.5 KB (692,736 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Effective date: | Monday, December 7, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Monday, March 7, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| Entropy: | 6.564145 |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
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eInstruction by Turning Technologies |
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Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'ose' (Office Source Engine)
- 'ose64' (Office 64 Source Engine)
- ose64
- 'ose'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.01961285% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01042441% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00918845% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 77,458 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 30/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 9.16 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 14.12 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 12.74 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 9.16 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 94.68 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 100.7 MB | |
| Working set: | 14.88 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 15.06 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 12 | |
| Handles: | 188 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 112 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 132 | |
| GUI USER count: | 41 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 47 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | High |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Windows\System32\osk.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | ose |
| Display name: | Office Source Engine |
| Description: | “Saves installation files used for updates and repairs and is required for the downloading of Setup updates and Watson error reports.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
Threads
Averages
| osk.exe (Accessibility On-Screen Keyboard by Microsoft) |
| Total CPU: | 0.06563215% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.03924421% | |
| User CPU: | 0.02638794% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,868,653/sec | |
| Context switches: | 20/sec | |
| Memory: | 688 KB | |
| WINMM.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.02150353% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01945778% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00204575% | |
| CPU cycles: | 414,311/sec | |
| Memory: | 236 KB | |
| tabskb.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00303287% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00263794% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00039494% | |
| CPU cycles: | 41,024/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory: | 456 KB | |
| gdiplus.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00002403% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001201% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001201% | |
| CPU cycles: | 181/sec | |
| Memory: | 2.09 MB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
34.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
19.00% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
7.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
6.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
6.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
5.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
5.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
3.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
2.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 8 |
1.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
1.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise N |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 N |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Enterprise |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
0.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
0.50% |
|
| 21 other Windows OS version |
Distribution by country
United States installs about 30.15% of Office Source Engine.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
24.72% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
15.36% |
|
| ASUS |
12.73% |
|
| Lenovo |
11.24% |
|
| Toshiba |
10.49% |
|
| Acer |
9.74% |
|
| Intel |
4.49% |
|
| Compaq |
3.00% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
2.62% |
|
| Samsung |
1.87% |
|
| Sony |
1.50% |
|
| American Megatrends |
0.75% |
|
| NEC |
0.75% |
|
| Sahara |
0.37% |
|
| Alienware |
0.37% |
|
