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NVMCTRAY.dll

NVIDIA Media Center Library by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)

Remove NVMCTRAY.dll
Version:   6.14.13.0593
MD5:   587798bab0f72c99cae77c8693f04d83
SHA1:   9af4d5523942f8286bd6d0293911bdd67e6da55a
SHA256:   a252e5302a8b5633d189ea634ee3231300ab4ce08c32f481b87bcb8a48a63c16

What is NVMCTRAY.dll?

nvmctray.dll (NVIDIA Media Center Library) loads into nvtray.exe NVIDIA Settings is the program that runs in the notification area system tray.

Overview

nvmctray.dll executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the hosted context of rundll32.exe (Run a DLL as an App by Microsoft). 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). The file is digitally signed by NVIDIA Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:nvmctray.dll
Publisher:NVIDIA Corporation
Product name:NVIDIA Media Center Library
Typical file path:C:\Windows\System32\nvmctray.dll
File version:6.14.13.0593
Size:105.85 KB (108,392 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:NVIDIA Corporation
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Expiration date:Friday, January 9, 2009
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
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BehaviorsBehaviors

Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'NvMediaCenter' → RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00003308%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00002481%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00000827%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:94 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:5.92 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):7.73 MB
Private (minimum):1.91 MB
Non-paged memory:5.92 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:38.3 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):61.65 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:1.92 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):12.97 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:6,591/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:242 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:242 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:2 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:1
12
Handles:89
600
GUI GDI count:23
103
GUI USER count:7
49

BehaviorsProcess properties

Tray notification:Yes
Integrety level:Undefined
Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" C:\Windows\System32\nvmctray.dll,nvtaskbarinit
Owner:User
Parent process:Explorer.EXE (Windows Explorer by Microsoft)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Microsoft Windows XP 74.67%
Windows 7 Ultimate 10.67%
Windows Vista Home Premium 6.67%
Windows 7 Home Premium 5.33%
Windows Vista Ultimate 1.33%
Windows 8 Pro 1.33%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 29.33% of NVIDIA Media Center Library.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 32.73%
Compaq 18.18%
Hewlett-Packard 12.73%
Sony 10.91%
GIGABYTE 9.09%
American Megatrends 7.27%
Intel 7.27%
Acer 1.82%
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