schtasks.exe
Manages scheduled tasks by Microsoft
| Version: | 6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840) |
| MD5: | 1f171553f1138dc0062a71a7d275055a |
| SHA1: | 1eca9c1c9aede75e58b6dbb60176c08440f42fff |
| SHA256: | 427ea28ef998b5ce70a617c1828d5eb45fd1429edd5fbcd0eb7f6a42659646d2 |
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
What is schtasks.exe?
Schedules commands and programs to run periodically or at a specific time. Adds and removes tasks from the schedule, starts and stops tasks on demand, and displays and changes scheduled tasks.
About schtasks.exe (from Microsoft)
“Enables an administrator to create, delete, query, change, run, and end scheduled tasks on a local or remote computer. Running Schtasks.exe without arguments displays the status and next run time for ”
Overview
schtasks.exe executes as a process under the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the system and the administrator accounts have the same file privileges) typically within the context of its parent
sidemngr.exe (Application Manager by Performersoft LLC). and is compiled as a 32 bit program.
Details
| File name: | schtasks.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Manages scheduled tasks |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe |
| Original name: | sctasks.exe.mui |
| File version: | 6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840) |
| Product version: | 6.0.6001.18000 |
| Size: | 148 KB (151,552 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| Entropy: | 5.771964 |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'ValidationTaskDeadline' runs daily in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Activation Technologies\ValidationTaskDeadline'
- Entry path '\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Activation Technologies\ValidationTaskDeadline'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00011045% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00006319% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00004726% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 46 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,904/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.51 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.64 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.52 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.51 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 42.1 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 44.16 MB | |
| Working set: | 2.61 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 5.07 MB | |
| Page faults: | 5,952/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 21 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: | 4 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 1 | |
| Handles: | 134 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 6 | |
| GUI USER count: | 2 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /tn "sidekick manager" /ru "system" /sc minute /mo 1 /tr "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe start sidekick manager" /st 00:00:00
- "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /tn "browser manager" /ru "system" /sc minute /mo 1 /tr "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe start browser manager" /st 00:00:00
- "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /tn "adobeflashplayerupdate" /ru "system" /sc hourly /mo 1 /tr "C:\windows\syswow64\flashplayerupdateservice.exe /w" /st 00:00:00
- "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /tn "bitguard" /ru "system" /sc minute /mo 1 /tr "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe start bitguard" /st 00:00:00
- "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /tn "browserprotect" /ru "system" /sc minute /mo 1 /tr "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe start browserprotect" /st 00:00:00
- C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /create /tn "javaupdatekimball" /tr C:\Windows\System32\jusched.exe /sc daily
- C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /create /tn "javaupdatemyszkowski" /tr C:\Windows\System32\jusched.exe /sc daily
- (7 more)
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| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Parent processes: |
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Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
64.00% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
22.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
12.50% |
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| Windows Seven Black Edition |
0.50% |
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| Windows Developer Preview |
0.50% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
0.50% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 48.99% of Manages scheduled tasks.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
22.96% |
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| ASUS |
20.00% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
16.67% |
|
| Toshiba |
11.11% |
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| Acer |
10.74% |
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| Lenovo |
4.44% |
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| Sony |
3.70% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.59% |
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| Intel |
2.22% |
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| Samsung |
1.85% |
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| Alienware |
1.11% |
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| Medion |
0.74% |
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| Gateway |
0.74% |
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| MSI |
0.74% |
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| Sahara |
0.37% |
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