Versions

6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)	1.84%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)	0.10%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)	3.20%
6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214)	0.24%
6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214)	0.05%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	0.92%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	0.87%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	1.65%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	13.87%
6.2.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423)	0.10%
6.2.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423)	0.10%
6.2.8250.0 (winmain_win8beta.120217-1520)	0.05%
6.2.8102.0 (winmain_win8m3.110823-1455)	0.10%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	24.44%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	43.31%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	0.05%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	0.05%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	0.10%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	0.05%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)	6.60%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)	0.05%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)	0.39%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)	1.36%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)	0.48%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)	0.05%

This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

There are 25 versions of Dwm.exe in the wild, the latest version being 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623). Dwm.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The average file size is about 96.28 KB. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0034% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 35.04 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 46.56 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 248 Bytes per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.

The desktop composition feature, introduced in Windows Vista, fundamentally changed the way applications display pixels on the screen. When desktop composition is enabled, individual windows no longer draw directly to the screen or primary display device as they did in previous versions of Windows. Instead, their drawing is redirected to off-screen surfaces in video memory, which are then rendered into a desktop image and presented on the display.