VersionsVersions

5, 1, 0, 59 35.71%
5, 1, 0, 58 3.57%
5, 1, 0, 56 3.57%
5, 1, 0, 52 3.57%
5, 1, 0, 51 7.14%
5, 1, 0, 50 3.57%
5, 1, 0, 43 3.57%
5.1.0.36 7.14%
5.1.0.30 3.57%
5.1.0.29 3.57%
1, 0, 0, 32 7.14%
1, 0, 0, 32 7.14%
1, 0, 0, 30 3.57%
1, 0, 0, 21 3.57%
1, 0, 0, 14 3.57%

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soundman.exe

Realtek HD Sound Manager by Realtek Semiconductor Corp (Signed)

Remove soundman.exe

Overview

There are 15 versions of soundman.exe in the wild, the latest version being 5, 1, 0, 59. soundman.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The process displays a GUI (graphical user interface) which allows the user to interact with it as well as displays a notification icon in the taskbar. During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 273.64 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Realtek Semiconductor Corp by VeriSign. The programs Realtek High Definition Audio Driver, Macintosh Drivers for Windows XP and Driver Booster have been observed as installing specific variations of soundman.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0001% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 2.33 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 3.5 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 4 Bytes per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.

DetailsDetails

File name:soundman.exe
Publisher:Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Product name:Realtek HD Sound Manager
Description:Realtek Sound Manager
Typical file path:C:\windows\soundman.exe
Original name:ALSMTray.exe
Certificate
Issued to:Realtek Semiconductor Corp
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Expiration date:Tuesday, June 11, 2013

ResourcesPrograms installed in

(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Realtek HD Sound Manager.)
Apple Inc.
7% remove
IObit
43% remove
Outdated drivers may heavily affect your PC performance and lead to system crashes. Driver Booster scans and identifies outdated drivers automatically, and downloads and installs the right update for ...
Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
9% remove
Realtek's High Definition Audio Driver provide high quality DTS, Dolby, Surround Sound to your PC via the audio card. The software comes with a number of features and functionality such as a six chann...
Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
5% remove
Audio drivers available for download from the Realtek website are general drivers for our audio ICs, and may not offer the customizations made by your system/motherboard manufacturer. (To be sure you ...

BehaviorsBehaviors

(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of soundman.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'SoundMan' → SOUNDMAN.EXE

VersionsAll file variations of soundman.exe

MD5SHA-1File size
80fd4d46b0e9b620cf757a9a5c789329 124b96501fc70da04c9046f5e2cea1bc7552aa08 564 KB
fb1bc9a15a3df6cfd446e1b3bd0b5099 8edc185b4f1caea51542f950b520aa5fa5510235 564 KB
ed8da2697f1c720ef26ae4b291a04497 4fc91c58e54648d82b668707455f7d0ea2a41a14 564 KB
a1de660f7cda71cb7fc0b7ec398f307c 4831bbb362a9f79054119487b1f8b10736bf3658 564 KB
92819cb628f57930ca6341dc8b0d9cb4 58261eb51491673cc3508303dc45b14ef9669338 564 KB
4cededc946aa577364fcb9ccf14e2494 c0918097c494b8555e26c9a7c210c22424254eff 564 KB
8dcf5e6334eea54336c93a6f0d8ceeb8 8d0d21315d3ee630f81ec1bb3cced3768724ebd6 88 KB
ae5b81948c6014caf6bc02aa9f9501b9 258d384fdc69af329f15511b27e811788eab45ba 76 KB
ff86e640e4e0fd18cfb4696b38867222 7e41bbe59d9efcc8c762cd730d76501fcc85119f 76 KB
77abdf73d9d90144a4e1f3a030ea042f 1f0536d66f5f10c89daa950fcd9ab9ddf9a244eb 66 KB
798c0c1ff4e0fce646ca82ae0379ccb0 3f65f997f350a59ac67e432092cf7f5cfe94a701 82.6 KB
846535ef009ec28753c9b64fcb30f299 51622ecb1cb9d7cfea2dec410775d1f4a84322a2 76 KB
0d034e8c4f88c5b2b0c1af3cf438cc4f 4ec36b2ed506af0927e5a25154d4177e2a83dafb 84 KB
e44cf0ab3dafb101971b6d7bc811bc51 08f6b5a5ccee30ac476f5ef015b81cf17fbfde24 84 KB
0ce8c767cebeaf2092b6aa156b5df176 51abdbe6b3c9057e9306227b986fd18aaaa449a4 88 KB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Microsoft Windows XP 71.43%
Windows 7 Professional 28.57%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 42.86% of Realtek HD Sound Manager.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Sony 33.33%
American Megatrends 33.33%
Gateway 33.33%
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