taskhost.exe
Host Process for Windows Tasks by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) |
| MD5: | 67b1fa221cb775fefdf4842db8c6817c |
| SHA1: | fce39ef2474486689a3170c05791a16144c3f320 |
| SHA256: | d43bcf78511544924e31f4df2dfdc854d18d1b44cdce6d009ab4da2427ce08ec |
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
What is taskhost.exe?
Host Process for Windows Tasks is a generic process which acts as a host for processes that run from DLLs rather than EXEs. At startup TASKHOST checks the Services portion of the Registry to construct a list of DLL-based services that it needs to load, and then loads them.
Overview
taskhost.exe executes as a process with LOCAL SERVICE privileges. The file is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation. This version is installed on Windows 8 and is compiled as a 32 bit program.
Details
| File name: | taskhost.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Host Process for Windows Tasks |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\taskhost.exe |
| Original name: | taskhost.exe.mui |
| File version: | 6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) |
| Product version: | 6.2.9200.16420 |
| Size: | 52.5 KB (53,760 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, July 9, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| Entropy: | 6.163300 |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00006833% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00003690% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00003142% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 750 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 35,489/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 8.31 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 13.13 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 7.16 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 8.31 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 92.99 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 94.49 MB | |
| Working set: | 13.09 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 17.42 MB | |
| Page faults: | 17,491/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 779 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 750 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 27 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 12 | |
| Handles: | 431 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| RacEngn.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00025702% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001760% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00023942% | |
| CPU cycles: | 6,324/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.33 MB | |
| sqlcese40.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00002199% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001885% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000314% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,119/sec | |
| Memory: | 416 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00002053% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000157% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001896% | |
| CPU cycles: | 431/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.4 MB | |
| taskhost.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000943% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000943% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 144/sec | |
| Memory: | 64 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
45.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
19.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
10.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
8.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
6.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 8 |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
1.50% |
|
| Windows Seven Black Edition |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro Preview |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 48.24% of Host Process for Windows Tasks.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
25.48% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
18.92% |
|
| ASUS |
17.76% |
|
| Acer |
13.13% |
|
| Toshiba |
8.49% |
|
| Lenovo |
5.41% |
|
| Sony |
5.41% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
1.54% |
|
| Medion |
1.54% |
|
| Alienware |
1.16% |
|
| Samsung |
0.77% |
|
| Sahara |
0.39% |
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