srtasks.exe
Microsoft Windows System Protection background tasks. by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
There are 11 versions of srtasks.exe in the wild, the latest version being 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623). srtasks.exe is run as a standard windows process in the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges. A job within the Windows Task Scheduler is added to execute this process of a specific schedule during installation of the program. The average file size is about 52.18 KB. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01% with the maximum memory reaching around 16.31 MB.
Details
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| File name: | srtasks.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Microsoft® Windows System Protection background tasks. |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\srtasks.exe |
| Original name: | srtasks.exe.mui |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of srtasks.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'SR' runs in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\SystemRestore\SR'
- Entry path '\Microsoft\Windows\SystemRestore\SR'
All file variations of srtasks.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 Pro |
30.50% |
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| Windows 8 |
28.75% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
12.00% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
6.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
5.75% |
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| Windows 8 Single Language |
3.25% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise |
3.25% |
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| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
2.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
1.50% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise N |
1.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro Preview |
1.00% |
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| Windows 8 Release Preview |
1.00% |
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| Windows 8 Pro N |
0.75% |
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| Windows 8.1 Enterprise |
0.50% |
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| Windows Developer Preview |
0.50% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation |
0.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 N |
0.25% |
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| Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation |
0.25% |
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| Windows 8.1 Single Language Preview |
0.25% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro Preview with Media Center |
0.25% |
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| Windows 8 Consumer Preview |
0.25% |
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| 21 other Windows OS version |
Distribution by country
United States installs about 41.92% of Microsoft® Windows System Protection background tasks..
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
18.54% |
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| ASUS |
14.15% |
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| Dell |
14.15% |
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| Toshiba |
14.15% |
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| Acer |
12.44% |
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| Lenovo |
9.76% |
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| Sony |
7.80% |
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| Intel |
2.93% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.20% |
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| Samsung |
1.46% |
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| Alienware |
0.73% |
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| Medion |
0.49% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.49% |
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| MSI |
0.49% |
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| Packard Bell |
0.24% |
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