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rtkngui64.exe

Realtek HD Audio Manager by Realtek Semiconductor Corp (Signed)

Remove rtkngui64.exe

Version:	1.0.0.214
MD5:	06fef4bd2346bc3a4be096fa855c02a2
SHA1:	8f9b906b3a5e4002de95733447c17796187948f9
SHA256:	747da27a17da523b50eaa0b5d178b5a63cdb60e89103b12e0b3597e7194e3e18

What is rtkngui64.exe?

Realtek HD Audio Drivers is a program that allows you to listen to audio in HD on your PC. The driver handles sound playback and recording.

Overview

rtkngui64.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. 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., Realtek HDMI Audio Driver for ATI from Realtek Semiconductor Corp. and Realtek HDMI Audio Driver for ATI by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	rtkngui64.exe
Publisher:	Realtek Semiconductor
Product name:	Realtek HD Audio Manager
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\realtek\audio\hda\rtkngui64.exe
Original name:	RtkNGui.exe
File version:	1.0.0.214
Size:	6.52 MB (6,839,952 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Realtek Semiconductor Corp
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Expiration date:	Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:	Yes
.NET NGENed:	No

More details

Programs

The following programs will install this file

Realtek High Definition Audio Driver

Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

9% remove

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...

Realtek HDMI Audio Driver for ATI

Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

9% remove

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 cases for the hardware device to function properly. In most cases, drivers come with Windows or can be found by going to Windows Update in Control Panel and checking for updates as well as downloaded from the Realtek support website.

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'

'RTHDVCPL' → "C:\Program Files\Realtek\Audio\HDA\RtkNGUI64.exe" -s

Scheduled tasks

The job 'RTKCPL' runs on logon in the path '\RTKCPL'

Scheduled tasks startups

Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00017605%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00009809%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00007797%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	156 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:	13.59 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	10.81 MB
Private (minimum):	10.09 MB
Non-paged memory:	13.59 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	109.41 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	112.41 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	10.79 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	10.89 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	3,432/min	2,039/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	14	12
Handles:	268	600
GUI GDI count:	20	103
GUI GDI peak:	23	142
GUI USER count:	30	49
GUI USER peak:	33	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	Undefined
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\realtek\audio\hda\rtkngui64.exe" -s
Owner:	User

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