splwow64.exe

Print driver host for 32bit applications by Microsoft

Remove splwow64.exe
Version:   6.1.7601.17777 (win7sp1_gdr.120210-1503)
MD5:   127aa81343a7c6f665c22cb1293b0a90
SHA1:   b6a476e898c019f7514d4f0a16b15cd27bee1f9c
SHA256:   47ca5c13cabf3a24ef5d115ea181fa5bf94c8946bec5619a5b910addf0616943
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

Overview

splwow64.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent winword.exe (2007 Microsoft Office system by Microsoft Corporation). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). This version is designed to run on Windows 7 and is compiled as a 64 bit program.

DetailsDetails

File name:splwow64.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Print driver host for 32bit applications
Description:Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:C:\windows\splwow64.exe
File version:6.1.7601.17777 (win7sp1_gdr.120210-1503)
Product version:6.1.7601.17777
Size:65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)
Digital DNA
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:Yes
.NET NGENed:No
More details

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00097250%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00044294%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00052956%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:226,697 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:603,249/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:23/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:7.31 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):15.89 MB
Private (minimum):5.16 MB
Non-paged memory:7.31 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:110.79 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):127.55 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:11.65 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):19.02 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:7,866,637/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:42.19 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:15/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:15.98 KB/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:2/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:336 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:102/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:7
12
Handles:129
600
GUI GDI count:13
103
GUI GDI peak:25
142
GUI USER count:4
49
GUI USER peak:22
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:64-bit
Command lines:
  • C:\windows\splwow64.exe 8192
  • C:\windows\splwow64.exe 12288
  • C:\windows\splwow64.exe 4096
  • C:\windows\splwow64.exe 0
  • C:\windows\splwow64.exe 16384
Owner:User
Parent processes:

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.01445622%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00730753%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00714869%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:334,993/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:1.66 MB
1.16 MB
gdiplus.dll
Total CPU:0.00019629%
Kernel CPU:0.00009962%
User CPU:0.00009667%
CPU cycles:6,094/sec
Memory:2.09 MB
SHLWAPI.dll
Total CPU:0.00014933%
Kernel CPU:0.00009613%
User CPU:0.00005321%
CPU cycles:5,149/sec
Memory:452 KB
splwow64.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00010173%
Kernel CPU:0.00009101%
User CPU:0.00001071%
CPU cycles:2,950/sec
Memory:80 KB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 67.29%
Windows 7 Ultimate 16.82%
Windows 7 Professional 14.02%
Windows 7 Home Basic 1.87%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 77.36% of Print driver host for 32bit applications.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 28.26%
Hewlett-Packard 18.48%
Toshiba 17.39%
Acer 9.78%
ASUS 8.70%
Intel 6.52%
Sony 4.35%
Lenovo 2.17%
Samsung 2.17%
GIGABYTE 1.09%
Alienware 1.09%
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