nlasvc.dll
Network Location Awareness 2 by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
There are 26 versions of nlasvc.dll in the wild, the latest version being 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623). The average file size is about 275.58 KB. The executable is a .NET framework assembly utilizing the CLR.
What is nlasvc.dll?
The Network Location Awareness service provider, commonly referred to as NLA, enables Windows Sockets 2 applications to identify the logical network to which a Windows computer is attached. In addition, NLA enables Windows Sockets applications to identify to which physical network interface a given application has saved specific information.
About nlasvc.dll (from Microsoft)
“Personal computers running Microsoft Windows often have numerous network connections, such as multiple network interface cards (NIC) connected to different networks, or a physical network connection a”
 Details
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| File name: | nlasvc.dll |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Network Location Awareness 2 |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\nlasvc.dll |
| Original name: | nlasvc.dll.mui |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of nlasvc.dll, select a unique version for details.)
Hosted services
Runs as a shared service under the Windows svcHost
- Shared name is 'NlaSvc'
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- Shared name is 'NlaSvc'
- Shared name is 'NlaSvc'
- Shared name is 'NlaSvc'
- Shared name is 'NlaSvc'
- Shared name is 'NlaSvc'
- Shared name is 'NlaSvc'
- Shared name is 'NlaSvc'
- Shared name is 'NlaSvc'
- Shared name is 'NlaSvc'
- Shared name is 'NlaSvc'
- Shared name is 'NlaSvc'
All file variations of nlasvc.dll
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
32.00% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
19.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
10.25% |
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| Windows 8 |
6.75% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
6.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
5.25% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
4.25% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.50% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
1.75% |
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| Windows 8 Single Language |
1.75% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
1.25% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise |
1.00% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
0.75% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise N |
0.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro Preview |
0.50% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
0.50% |
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| Windows Developer Preview |
0.50% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
0.50% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
0.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 N |
0.25% |
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| 28 other Windows OS version |
Distribution by country
United States installs about 40.15% of Network Location Awareness 2.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
19.74% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
15.08% |
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| ASUS |
14.90% |
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| Acer |
12.29% |
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| Toshiba |
10.06% |
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| Lenovo |
9.68% |
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| Sony |
6.33% |
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| Intel |
2.98% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.23% |
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| Samsung |
1.86% |
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| Medion |
1.12% |
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| Alienware |
0.93% |
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| MSI |
0.74% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.56% |
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| Sahara |
0.37% |
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| Gateway |
0.37% |
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| NEC |
0.37% |
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| Compaq |
0.37% |
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