Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
 
 Additional versions
Additional versions
| 1, 0, 0, 172 | 1.61% |  | 
| 1, 0, 0, 166 | 11.29% |  | 
| 1, 0, 0, 132 | 8.06% |  | 
| 1, 0, 0, 130 | 16.13% |  | 
| 1, 0, 0, 128 | 37.10% |  | 
| 1, 0, 0, 96 | 1.61% |  | 
| 1, 0, 0, 73 | 4.84% |  | 
| 1, 0, 0, 69 | 1.61% |  | 
| 1, 0, 0, 57 | 1.61% |  | 
| 1, 0, 0, 36 | 1.61% |  | 
| 1.0.0.7 | 14.52% |  | 
 
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
     
    
        RtHDVCpl.exe
HD Audio Control Panel by Realtek Semiconductor
| Version: | 1, 0, 0, 132 | 
| MD5: | 99c1d6b7c36c891ec099aa8d120185c4 | 
| SHA1: | 32f84c01abb7239943cb64487377810947cab054 | 
| SHA256: | b959cb6c575a5f91aa569c9ccd2a066b872a137a725015ff2d66745e5c5853f5 | 
Overview
RtHDVCpl.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. 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). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Realtek High Definition Audio Driver published by Realtek Semiconductor Corp. and Realtek High Definition Audio Driver published by Realtek Semiconductor Corp..
 Details
Details
| File name: | RtHDVCpl.exe | 
| Publisher: | Realtek Semiconductor | 
| Product name: | HD Audio Control Panel | 
| Typical file path: | C:\windows\rthdvcpl.exe | 
| File version: | 1, 0, 0, 132 | 
| Size: | 4.68 MB (4,911,104 bytes) | 
| Digital DNA | 
| Entropy: | 6.856716 | 
| File packed: | No | 
| .NET CLR: | No | 
More details
 Programs
Programs
The following programs will install this file
|  | Realtek Semiconductor Corp. |  | 
Realtek's High Definition Audio Driver provide high quality DTS, Dolby, Surround Sound to your PC via the audio card. The software comes with a number of features and functionality such as a six channel Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) that fully supports the 16/20/24-bit Pulse Code Modulation format for 5.1 channel audio. It supports legacy analog input to analog output mixer as well as 44.1k/48k/96kHz Sony/Philips Digital Interconnec...
 
 Behaviors
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'RtHDVCpl' → RtHDVCpl.exe
 Resource utilization
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00748707% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00582591% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00166117% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 3,271 ms/min |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 3,214/sec |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 8.56 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 5.67 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 3.41 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 8.56 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 84.12 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 91.35 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 3.77 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 9.73 MB |  | 
| Page faults: | 4,475/min |  | 
| I/O | 
| I/O read transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| I/O other transfer: | 14 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 9 |  | 
| Handles: | 200 |  | 
| GUI GDI count: | 52 |  | 
| GUI USER count: | 13 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
 Threads
Threads
Averages
 
| RtHDVCpl.exe (main module) | 
| Total CPU: | 0.01385772% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01034351% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00351421% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 169,063/sec |  | 
| Context switches: | 1/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 4.7 MB |  | 
| gdiplus.dll | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00174851% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00161254% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00013597% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 12,510/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 1.67 MB |  | 
| MMDevApi.dll | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00039849% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00030706% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00009143% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 4,091/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 160 KB |  | 
 
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows Vista Home Premium | 61.29% |  | 
| Windows Vista Home Basic | 19.35% |  | 
| Windows 7 Ultimate | 6.45% |  | 
| Windows 8 | 3.23% |  | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 3.23% |  | 
| Windows Vista Business | 3.23% |  | 
| Windows Vista Ultimate | 3.23% |  | 
 Distribution by country
Distribution by country
United States installs about 72.13% of HD Audio Control Panel.
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Toshiba | 44.44% |  | 
| Hewlett-Packard | 25.93% |  | 
| Dell | 25.93% |  | 
| Acer | 3.70% |  |