splwow64.exe

Print driver host for 32bit applications by Microsoft

Remove splwow64.exe
Version:   6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)
MD5:   974a3a675e5e0ceca74f62f6c39af592
SHA1:   baf8eb1b6c6934755fb80d2ab6cec9361b2a0326
SHA256:   0e8464e2d7e6c09866a05ad096bc798d309f3364e1d643f471ae547e2b7e6e99
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

Overview

splwow64.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent netgeargenie.exe (by NETGEAR). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). This version is installed on Windows 8 and is compiled as a 64 bit program.

DetailsDetails

File name:splwow64.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Print driver host for 32bit applications
Description:Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:C:\windows\splwow64.exe
File version:6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)
Product version:6.2.9200.16384
Size:123.5 KB (126,464 bytes)
Digital DNA
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:Yes
.NET NGENed:No
More details

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00085448%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00039395%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00046053%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:11,561 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:301,874/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:1/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:4.22 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):9.51 MB
Private (minimum):4.9 MB
Non-paged memory:4.22 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:118.31 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):135.48 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:7.69 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):12.82 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:34,114/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:19.18 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:10/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:22.43 KB/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:185 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:51/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:145
600
GUI GDI count:9
103
GUI GDI peak:12
142
GUI USER count:3
49
GUI USER peak:8
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:64-bit
Command lines:
  • C:\windows\splwow64.exe 8192
  • C:\windows\splwow64.exe 4096
  • C:\windows\splwow64.exe 12288
Owner:User
Parent processes:

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.00263944%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00139523%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00124421%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:46,037/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:1.74 MB
1.16 MB
splwow64.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00017248%
Kernel CPU:0.00015004%
User CPU:0.00002244%
CPU cycles:3,965/sec
Memory:136 KB
gdiplus.dll
Total CPU:0.00000468%
Kernel CPU:0.00000468%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:168/sec
Memory:1.63 MB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 67.29%
Windows 7 Ultimate 16.82%
Windows 7 Professional 14.02%
Windows 7 Home Basic 1.87%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 77.36% of Print driver host for 32bit applications.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 28.26%
Hewlett-Packard 18.48%
Toshiba 17.39%
Acer 9.78%
ASUS 8.70%
Intel 6.52%
Sony 4.35%
Lenovo 2.17%
Samsung 2.17%
GIGABYTE 1.09%
Alienware 1.09%
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