RtkAudioService.exe
Realtek Audio Service by Realtek Semiconductor Corp (Signed)
Overview
rtkaudioservice.exe has 8 known versions, the most recent one is 1, 0, 0, 51. It is started as a Windows Service called 'RtkAudioService' with the name 'RtkAudioService' and described as “To check external HDMI device availability, HDMI device audio capability and update HDMI device capability into audio control panel”. . The average file size is about 152.95 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Realtek Semiconductor Corp by the certification authority VeriSign. Numerous variations of rtkaudioservice.exe have been installed with both Realtek High Definition Audio Driver and Realtek HDMI Audio Driver for ATI. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0001% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 1.97 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 3.29 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 20 Bytes per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.
Details |
File name: | rtkaudioservice.exe |
Publisher: | Realtek Semiconductor |
Product name: | Realtek Audio Service |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\realtek\audio\hda\rtkaudioservice.exe |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Realtek Semiconductor Corp |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Thursday, March 15, 2007 |
Expiration date: | Saturday, June 12, 2010 |
Windows Service |
Service name: | RtkAudioService |
Display name: | RtkAudioService |
Description: | “To check external HDMI device availability, HDMI device audio capability and update HDMI device capability into audio control panel” |
Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Realtek Audio Service.)
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Realtek Semiconductor Corp. |
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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 chann...
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Realtek Semiconductor Corp. |
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The Realtek HDMI Audio Driver is the software driver for the Realtek HDMI Audio devices. It is a program used to communicate from the Windows PC OS to the device. This software is required in most cas...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of rtkaudioservice.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- RtkAudioService
- 'RtkAudioService' (Realtek Audio Service)
All file variations of rtkaudioservice.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows Vista Home Premium |
50.00% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
25.00% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
18.75% |
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Windows 8 Pro |
6.25% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 31.25% of Realtek Audio Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Sony |
66.67% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
14.29% |
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ASUS |
9.52% |
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Acer |
9.52% |
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