DriverManager.exe
DriverManager by PC Drivers HeadQuarters (Signed)
Overview
drivermanager.exe has 11 known versions, the most recent one is 8.2.0.10. drivermanager.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 3.5 MB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to PC Drivers HeadQuarters by the certification authority VeriSign. This is a .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) assembly. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0026% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 58.98 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 68.25 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 63.71 KB per minute for reads and 7.71 KB per minute for writes.
What is drivermanager.exe?
DriverManager is a PC driver update utility that compares drivers installed on a PC to the most up to date drivers and makes various recommendations for updating them.
About drivermanager.exe (from PC Drivers HeadQuarters)
“At PC Drivers HeadQuarters we have distilled 10 years of PC hardware expertise into our driver identification software, Driver Detective. Driver Detective was created to save you time and remove any g”
 Details
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| File name: | drivermanager.exe |
| Publisher: | PC Drivers Headquarters |
| Product name: | DriverManager |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\driver manager\driver manager\drivermanager.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | PC Drivers HeadQuarters |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, April 4, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, April 22, 2014 |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of drivermanager.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'Driver Manager-RTMUpdater' runs weekly in the path '\Driver Manager-RTMUpdater'
- The task 'Driver Manager-RTMScan' in the path '\Driver Manager-RTMScan'
- The job 'Driver Manager-RTMRules' runs weekly in the path '\Driver Manager-RTMRules'
- Entry path '\Driver Manager-RTMUpdater'
- Entry path '\Driver Manager-RTMScan'
- Entry path '\Driver Manager-RTMRules'
- Entry path '\Driver Detective-RTMRules'
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Driver Detective' → C:\Program Files\Driver Manager\Driver Manager\DriverManager.exe /applicationModC:systemTray /showWelcomC:false
- 'Driver Manager' → C:\Program Files\Driver Manager\Driver Manager\DriverManager.exe /applicationModC:systemTray /showWelcomC:false
All file variations of drivermanager.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
22.41% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
20.69% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
13.79% |
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| Windows 8 |
10.34% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
8.62% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
8.62% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
8.62% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
3.45% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
1.72% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
1.72% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 81.03% of DriverManager.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
43.59% |
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| Sony |
30.77% |
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| Intel |
15.38% |
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| Dell |
10.26% |
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