wsqmcons.exe
Windows SQM Consolidator by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
There are 19 versions of wsqmcons.exe in the wild, the latest version being 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623). wsqmcons.exe is run as a standard windows process in the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges. The process utilizes the Windows Task Scheduler to automatically launch the file as a process when a user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 289.05 KB. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 1.93 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 4.22 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 5 Bytes per minute for reads and 18 Bytes per minute for writes.
What is wsqmcons.exe?
(Customer Experience Improvement Program) This scheduled task runs the Wsqmcons.exe program when you install Windows Vista. This scheduled task also runs the Wsqmcons.exe program daily if the user consented to participate in the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program. This program collects and sends usage data to Microsoft. The Wsqmcons.exe program is located in the System32 folder.
About wsqmcons.exe (from Microsoft)
“Microsoft Customer Experience Improvement Program collects information about how our customers use Microsoft programs and about some of the problems they encounter. Microsoft uses this information to ”
 Details
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| File name: | wsqmcons.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Windows SQM Consolidator |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\wsqmcons.exe |
| Original name: | wsqmcons.exe.mui |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of wsqmcons.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'OptinNotification' runs on logon in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\OptinNotification'
- The job 'Uploader' in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\Uploader'
- The job 'Consolidator' in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\Consolidator'
- Entry path '\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\OptinNotification'
- Entry path '\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\Uploader'
- Entry path '\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\Consolidator'
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\OptinNotification'
All file variations of wsqmcons.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
26.25% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
19.50% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
11.75% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
8.00% |
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| Windows 8 |
7.00% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
4.75% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
4.25% |
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| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
3.75% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
3.25% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
2.00% |
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| Windows 8 Single Language |
2.00% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.75% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise |
0.75% |
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| Windows 8.1 N |
0.50% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise N |
0.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation |
0.50% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
0.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 Enterprise |
0.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro Preview |
0.50% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
0.50% |
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| Windows Developer Preview |
0.50% |
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| 24 other Windows OS version |
Distribution by country
United States installs about 46.87% of Windows SQM Consolidator.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
20.65% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
18.36% |
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| ASUS |
17.59% |
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| Lenovo |
11.85% |
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| Acer |
11.28% |
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| Toshiba |
8.03% |
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| Sony |
4.21% |
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| Samsung |
1.91% |
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| GIGABYTE |
1.72% |
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| Intel |
1.53% |
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| Alienware |
1.15% |
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| Medion |
0.76% |
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| Gateway |
0.38% |
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| MSI |
0.38% |
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| Sahara |
0.19% |
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