wininit.exe
Windows Start-Up Application by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
wininit.exe has 16 known versions, the most recent one is 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623). wininit.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The average file size is about 111.25 KB. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0007% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 1.38 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 3.98 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 41 Bytes per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.
What is wininit.exe?
The Wininit file is an .ini file that lists all of the changes to be made to Windows when you restart the computer after installing a program. The Wininit.exe file is the program file that starts the .ini file. It can be run only when the computer restarts so that the changes can be made while Windows is not running.
Details |
File name: | wininit.exe |
Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
Product name: | Windows Start-Up Application |
Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\wininit.exe |
Original name: | WinInit.exe.mui |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of wininit.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Windows firewall allowed program
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Windows\system32\wininit.exe'
All file variations of wininit.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
34.50% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
16.50% |
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Windows 8.1 |
12.75% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
6.00% |
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Windows 8.1 Pro |
5.75% |
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Windows 8 |
5.50% |
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Windows 8 Pro |
3.50% |
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Windows 8.1 Single Language |
2.50% |
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Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.25% |
|
Windows 8 Single Language |
2.00% |
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Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.00% |
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Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
1.25% |
|
Windows 7 Starter |
0.75% |
|
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview |
0.75% |
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Windows 8 Enterprise N |
0.50% |
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Windows 8 Enterprise |
0.50% |
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Windows 8.1 Enterprise |
0.50% |
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Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
0.50% |
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Windows 8.1 N |
0.25% |
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Windows Seven Black Edition |
0.25% |
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Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation |
0.25% |
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26 other Windows OS version |
Distribution by country
United States installs about 41.35% of Windows Start-Up Application.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Dell |
21.01% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
16.32% |
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ASUS |
16.14% |
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Acer |
12.01% |
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Toshiba |
10.88% |
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Lenovo |
9.01% |
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Sony |
4.13% |
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Intel |
2.63% |
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GIGABYTE |
2.25% |
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Samsung |
1.88% |
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Alienware |
1.13% |
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Medion |
0.75% |
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MSI |
0.75% |
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Gateway |
0.38% |
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NEC |
0.38% |
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Sahara |
0.19% |
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American Megatrends |
0.19% |
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