SQLBROWSER.exe
Microsoft SQL Server by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 2005.090.3042.00 |
| MD5: | d2b096cd2f56fac6eeeed9a77ddf6dc8 |
| SHA1: | 1fd19b32fe45b910590c672efb2c8d782f549860 |
| SHA256: | fd904fbb36ed60ae084f86f7196fce48f798cf720db1677c307059e45497e140 |
What is SQLBROWSER.exe?
he SQL Server Browser program runs as a Windows service. SQL Server Browser listens for incoming requests for Microsoft SQL Server resources and provides information about SQL Server instances installed on the computer.
About SQLBROWSER.exe (from Microsoft Corporation)
“When an instance of SQL Server starts, if the TCP/IP or VIA protocols are enabled for SQL Server, the server is assigned a TCP/IP port. If the named pipes protocol is enabled, SQL Server listens on a ”
Details
| File name: | sqlbrowser.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Microsoft SQL Server |
| Description: | SQL Browser Service EXE |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\microsoft sql server\90\shared\sqlbrowser.exe |
| File version: | 2005.090.3042.00 |
| Product version: | 9.00.3042.00 |
| Size: | 236.86 KB (242,544 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, October 22, 2008 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, January 22, 2010 |
| Digital DNA |
| Entropy: | 4.646745 |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
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“The SQL Server Browser program runs as a Windows service. SQL Server Browser listens for incoming requests for Microsoft SQL Server resources and provides information about SQL Server instances installed on the computer. For each instance of the Database Engine and SSAS, the SQL Server Browser service (sqlbrowser) provides the instance name and the version number. SQL Server Browser is installed with SQL Server. SQL Server Browser can b...”
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Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- SQLBrowser
- 'SQLBrowser' (SQL Server Browser)
Network connections
[UDP] listens on port 1434
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00003128% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001566% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001562% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,375 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,752/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 13.43 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.48 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.64 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 13.43 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 45.26 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 47.02 MB | |
| Working set: | 2.7 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 5.72 MB | |
| Page faults: | 3,904/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 77 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 2 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 10 | |
| Handles: | 286 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 2 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\microsoft sql server\90\shared\sqlbrowser.exe" |
| Owner: | NETWORK SERVICE |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SQLBrowser |
| Display name: | SQLBrowser |
| Description: | “Provides SQL Server connection information to client computers.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
28.77% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
24.66% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
15.07% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
9.59% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
8.22% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
2.74% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
2.74% |
|
| Windows Server 2008 Standard |
2.74% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
1.37% |
|
| Windows XP Professional |
1.37% |
|
| Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition |
1.37% |
|
| Windows Server 2012 Standard Evaluation |
1.37% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 37.50% of Microsoft SQL Server.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
25.00% |
|
| Toshiba |
25.00% |
|
| Intel |
17.86% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
10.71% |
|
| Sony |
7.14% |
|
| Acer |
7.14% |
|
| Samsung |
5.36% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
1.79% |
|
