soundman.exe
Realtek HD Sound Manager by Realtek Semiconductor Corp (Signed)
Overview
There are 15 versions of soundman.exe in the wild, the latest version being 5, 1, 0, 59. soundman.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The process displays a GUI (graphical user interface) which allows the user to interact with it as well as displays a notification icon in the taskbar. During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 273.64 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Realtek Semiconductor Corp by VeriSign. The programs Realtek High Definition Audio Driver, Macintosh Drivers for Windows XP and Driver Booster have been observed as installing specific variations of soundman.exe. 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 2.33 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 3.5 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 4 Bytes per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.
Details |
File name: | soundman.exe |
Publisher: | Realtek Semiconductor Corp. |
Product name: | Realtek HD Sound Manager |
Description: | Realtek Sound Manager |
Typical file path: | C:\windows\soundman.exe |
Original name: | ALSMTray.exe |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Realtek Semiconductor Corp |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Tuesday, July 20, 2010 |
Expiration date: | Tuesday, June 11, 2013 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Realtek HD Sound Manager.)
“Outdated drivers may heavily affect your PC performance and lead to system crashes. Driver Booster scans and identifies outdated drivers automatically, and downloads and installs the right update for ...”
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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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“Audio drivers available for download from the Realtek website are general drivers for our audio ICs, and may not offer the customizations made by your system/motherboard manufacturer. (To be sure you ...”
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of soundman.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'SoundMan' → SOUNDMAN.EXE
All file variations of soundman.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Microsoft Windows XP |
71.43% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
28.57% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 42.86% of Realtek HD Sound Manager.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Sony |
33.33% |
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American Megatrends |
33.33% |
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Gateway |
33.33% |
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