taskhost.exe
Host Process for Windows Tasks by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) | 
| MD5: | 67b1fa221cb775fefdf4842db8c6817c | 
| SHA1: | fce39ef2474486689a3170c05791a16144c3f320 | 
| SHA256: | d43bcf78511544924e31f4df2dfdc854d18d1b44cdce6d009ab4da2427ce08ec | 
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
What is taskhost.exe?
Host Process for Windows Tasks is a generic process which acts as a host for processes that run from DLLs rather than EXEs. At startup TASKHOST checks the Services portion of the Registry to construct a list of DLL-based services that it needs to load, and then loads them.
Overview
taskhost.exe executes as a process with LOCAL SERVICE privileges. The file is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation. This version is installed on Windows 8 and is compiled as a 32 bit program.
 Details
Details
| File name: | taskhost.exe | 
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation | 
| Product name: | Host Process for Windows Tasks | 
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\taskhost.exe | 
| Original name: | taskhost.exe.mui | 
| File version: | 6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) | 
| Product version: | 6.2.9200.16420 | 
| Size: | 52.5 KB (53,760 bytes) | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation | 
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation | 
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, July 9, 2013 | 
| Digital DNA | 
| Entropy: | 6.163300 | 
| File packed: | No | 
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ | 
| .NET CLR: | No | 
More details
 Resource utilization
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00006833% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00003690% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00003142% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 750 ms/min |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 35,489/sec |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 8.31 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 13.13 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 7.16 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 8.31 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 92.99 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 94.49 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 13.09 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 17.42 MB |  | 
| Page faults: | 17,491/min |  | 
| I/O | 
| I/O read transfer: | 779 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| I/O write transfer: | 750 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| I/O other transfer: | 27 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 12 |  | 
| Handles: | 431 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
 Threads
Threads
Averages
 
| RacEngn.dll | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00025702% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001760% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00023942% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 6,324/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 1.33 MB |  | 
| sqlcese40.dll | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00002199% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001885% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00000314% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 1,119/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 416 KB |  | 
| ntdll.dll | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00002053% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000157% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00001896% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 431/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 1.4 MB |  | 
| taskhost.exe (main module) | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00000943% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000943% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 144/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 64 KB |  | 
 
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 45.50% |  | 
| Windows 7 Ultimate | 19.50% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 | 10.00% |  | 
| Windows 7 Professional | 8.00% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 Pro | 6.50% |  | 
| Windows 7 Home Basic | 2.50% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 Single Language | 2.00% |  | 
| Windows 8 | 2.00% |  | 
| Windows 8 Single Language | 1.50% |  | 
| Windows Seven Black Edition | 0.50% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation | 0.50% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center | 0.50% |  | 
| Windows 7 Starter | 0.50% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 Pro Preview | 0.50% |  | 
 Distribution by country
Distribution by country
United States installs about 48.24% of Host Process for Windows Tasks.
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Dell | 25.48% |  | 
| Hewlett-Packard | 18.92% |  | 
| ASUS | 17.76% |  | 
| Acer | 13.13% |  | 
| Toshiba | 8.49% |  | 
| Lenovo | 5.41% |  | 
| Sony | 5.41% |  | 
| GIGABYTE | 1.54% |  | 
| Medion | 1.54% |  | 
| Alienware | 1.16% |  | 
| Samsung | 0.77% |  | 
| Sahara | 0.39% |  |