Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

9.1.3.7 06Oct08	2.59%
9.1.3.6 21Nov07	0.86%
9.1.3.5 13Aug07	0.86%
9.1.13 26Jan07	2.59%
9.0.3 20Oct06	0.86%
9.0.1.5 14Nov06	0.86%
8.3.4 19May06	0.86%
8.2.4.3 29Nov05	0.86%
8.2.23 31Mar06	0.86%
8.2.16.4 03Mar06	0.86%
8.2.13.2 02Mar06	2.59%
8.0.13 17Jun05	0.86%
7.13.6 04Mar05	0.86%
7.12.7 04Nov04	6.03%
7.12.3 08Oct04	4.31%
12.1.3.1 09Jan09	4.31%
12.1.3 18Dec08	0.86%
12.1.0 04Dec08	2.59%
11.2.4 14Aug08	6.03%
11.2.4 14Aug08	17.24%
11.2.4 14Aug08	0.86%
11.2.1 24Jul08	0.86%
11.2.1 24Jul08	0.86%
11.1.9 23May08	0.86%
11.1.4 25Apr08	4.31%
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11.1.3 17Apr08	2.59%
11.1.18 20Jun08	0.86%
11.0.7 27Mar08	6.90%
11.0.7 27Mar08	2.59%
11.0.2 22Feb08	0.86%
10.2.4 18Jan08	2.59%
10.1.8 06Dec07	6.03%
10.1.2 26Oct07	2.59%
10.0.13.2 14Sep07	3.45%
10.0.13.2 14Sep07	5.17%
10.0.13.2 14Sep07	0.86%

Relationships

Parent process

explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Child process

syntphelper.exe (Synaptics Pointing Device Driver by Synaptics Incorporated)

Related files

SynTPEnh.exe

Synaptics Pointing Device Driver by Synaptics Incorporated (Signed)

Remove SynTPEnh.exe

Version:	10.2.4 18Jan08
MD5:	e53ce8c41bf55f6d3ef676b97adca46b
SHA1:	bad2c63b318062b7ff5fac1c806bf787e28cad47
SHA256:	0bc068f0617049636139ed1230d078c8ac7820b9cc6bc68f259b95085151e9ff

What is SynTPEnh.exe?

Synaptics TouchPad Enhancements for Synaptics Pointing device driver provides Windows based integration to various laptop touchpads including sensibility adjustment, tapping speed, button order, virtual scrollbar setup, etc. The Synaptics device driver is customized to meet the specific requirements of your device manufacturer.

About SynTPEnh.exe (from Synaptics Incorporated)

Overview

SynTPEnh.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). This is typically installed with the program Synaptics Pointing Device Driver published by Synaptics Incorporated. The file is digitally signed by Synaptics Incorporated which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	SynTPEnh.exe
Publisher:	Synaptics, Inc.
Product name:	Synaptics Pointing Device Driver
Description:	Synaptics TouchPad Enhancements
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\synaptics\syntp\syntpenh.exe
File version:	10.2.4 18Jan08
Size:	1.16 MB (1,220,392 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Synaptics Incorporated
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Monday, October 8, 2007
Expiration date:	Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Digital DNA
Entropy:	5.886914
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following program will install this file

Synaptics Pointing Device Driver

Synaptics Incorporated

5% remove

“The Synaptics device driver is customized to meet the specific requirements of your device manufacturer. To ensure that you get the appropriate device driver for your system, download your Synaptics device driver from your system manufacturer's support website. Installing a generic driver may result in the loss of OEM-customized Synaptics pointing device functionality. Setting a restore point before installing is a quick way to rollback...”

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'

'SynTPEnh' → C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe

Scheduled tasks

The job 'Synaptics TouchPad Enhancements' runs on logon in the path '\Synaptics TouchPad Enhancements'

Scheduled tasks startups

Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00047146%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00022896%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00024250%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	65,856 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	1,548,239/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	4.07 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	9.8 MB
Private (minimum):	4.67 MB
Non-paged memory:	4.07 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	93.19 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	97.06 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	5.7 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	10.95 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	4,338/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	524 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	0 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	32.98 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	384/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	5	12
Handles:	140	600
GUI GDI count:	57	103
GUI USER count:	32	49

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\synaptics\syntp\syntpenh.exe"
Owner:	User
Parent process:	explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

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