spmgr.exe
VAIO Power Management by Sony Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 2.1.00.13310 |
| MD5: | 3a5273906a881e2c48268a126eef1624 |
| SHA1: | d408944d17a1f3908fba909ba655fce90574ab77 |
| SHA256: | 662584d36f7c203b2db9ebf2f1072d3dc44760a6ea139b11144a53fb4dcb7f95 |
What is spmgr.exe?
SPM Module is part of Power management, a program designed to set up power schemes of your computer that is running on AC power or batteries to suit your requirements for power consumption. VAIO Power Management is a software application developed exclusively for VAIO computers. With this software application, you can enhance the Windows power management functions to ensure better operations of your computer and for longer battery life.
Overview
spmgr.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
vesmgrsub.exe (VAIO Event Service by Sony Corporation). It is an auto-starting process that used the Windows Task Scheduler service to load when the user logs into Windows (sometimes this is required to bypass the UAC protection). This is typically installed with the program VAIO Power Management published by Sony Corporation and is usually factory installed by the OEM.
Details
| File name: | spmgr.exe |
| Publisher: | Sony Corporation |
| Product name: | VAIO Power Management |
| Description: | SPM Module |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\sony\vaio power management\spmgr.exe |
| File version: | 2.1.00.13310 |
| Product version: | 2.1.00 |
| Size: | 902.12 KB (923,768 bytes) |
| Build date: | 1/30/2007 10:12 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Sony Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, August 16, 2006 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, August 17, 2007 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“Power management is to set up power schemes of your computer that is running on AC power or batteries to suit your requirements for power consumption. VAIO Power Management is a software application developed exclusively for VAIO computers. With this software application, you can enhance the Windows power management functions to ensure better operations of your computer and for longer battery life. To display hints on pow er management ...”
Behaviors
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'VPM Unlock' in the path '\SONY\VAIO Power Management\VPM Unlock'
- The task 'VPM Session Change' in the path '\SONY\VAIO Power Management\VPM Session Change'
- The job 'VPM Logon Start' runs on logon in the path '\SONY\VAIO Power Management\VPM Logon Start'
- Entry path '\Sony Corporation\VAIO Power Management\VPM Logon Start'
- Entry path '\SONY\VAIO Power Management\VPM Unlock'
- Entry path '\SONY\VAIO Power Management\VPM Session Change'
- Entry path '\SONY\VAIO Power Management\VPM Logon Start'
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\SONY\VAIO Power Management\VPM Logon Start'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00009739% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00009112% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000627% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 218 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 9,666/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 7.86 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 7.18 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.72 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 7.86 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 74.84 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 76.84 MB | |
| Working set: | 5.68 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 7.19 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,925/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 37 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: | 12 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 113 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 16 | |
| GUI USER count: | 14 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
63.64% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
14.55% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
12.73% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
3.64% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
1.82% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
1.82% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.82% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 38.18% of VAIO Power Management.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Sony |
97.73% |
|
| Dell |
2.27% |
|
