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What is smss.exe?

Part of Windows NT-sessionsstyring by Microsoft

(smss.exe is a system file that is installed with Windows)
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How does smss.exe run?

Process - smss.exe is an instance of a running program. This program executes under the SYSTEM account within Windows with extensive privileges on the local computer, and acts as the computer on the network.

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What is the community is seeing?What is the community is doing?
About 0.1% of all Boost users have the smss.exe process running.Of the 0.1% of smss.exe users, less than 1% have disabled it.
How resource intensive is smss.exe?
Comparison based on the average resource utilization across all programs.
0.00016% CPU1595.3%
Average CPU utilization across all programs is 0.00001%.
 178 KB RAM0.8%
Average private memory utilization across all programs is 21.53 MB.
Typical file (disk image) location:
C:\Windows\System32\smss.exe

What else is related?

themeui.dll (Windows-Design-API by Microsoft)
sstext3d.scr (Direct3D-Textbildschirmschoner by Microsoft)
photoviewershim.dll (Windows Live Photo Gallery by Microsoft)
logonui.exe (Windows-Anmeldebenutzeroberfläche by Microsoft)
msxml4a.dll (Microsoft(R) MSXML 4.0 SP1 by Microsoft)
msxml4r.dll (Microsoft(R) MSXML 4.0 SP1 by Microsoft)
msxml4.dll (Microsoft(R) MSXML 4.0 SP 2 by Microsoft)
freecell.exe (Entertainment Pack FreeCell Game by Microsoft)
wiaacmgr.exe (Windows Picture Acquisition Wizard by Microsoft)
prodaiintl1033.dll (ProdAddInIntl by Microsoft)
mimectl.dll (Microsoft® Exchange by Microsoft)
msvcp60.dll (Microsoft (R) Visual C++ by Microsoft)
rstrui.exe (System Restore Application by Microsoft)
dismhost.exe (Dism Host Servicing Process by Microsoft)
bcmsqlstartupsvc.exe (Business Contact Manager for Microsoft Outlook 2010 by Microsoft)
msonsext.dll (Microsoft Office by Microsoft)
encwcbar.dll (Microsoft Encarta by Microsoft)
workfolderssvc.dll (Microsoft® Work Folders Service by Microsoft)
appreadiness.dll (AppReadiness by Microsoft)
ole32.dll (Microsoft OLE for Windows by Microsoft)
microsoft.biztalk.brmacontrols.dll (Microsoft (R) BizTalk (R) Server 2010 by Microsoft)
ssoconfig.exe (Microsoft® Enterprise Single Sign-On by Microsoft)

What Windows OS versions does this run on?

Microsoft Windows XP (5.1.2600.196608)

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File details

File name: smss.exe
Publisher: Microsoft Corporation (verified)
Name: Windows NT-sessionsstyring
Description: Microsoft® Windows® Operativsystem
Version: 5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)
Product version: 5.1.2600.5512
Size: 49.5 KB
Original file name: smss.exe
Windows file protection: Yes

Resource utilization

CPU utilization averages
Total CPU: 0.0002528726%
Privileged CPU: 0.0000933425%
User CPU: 0.00015953009785%
Privileged CPU time: 1578.12 ms
Privileged CPU time /min: 0 ms
Memory utilization averages
Committed memory: 3.73 MB
Peak committed memory: 14.33 MB
Paged memory: 178 KB
Peak paged memory: 1.64 MB
Paged system memory: 6.04 KB
Non-paged system memory: 640 Bytes
Working set memory: 238 KB
Peak working set memory: 622 KB
Min working set memory: 236 KB
Private memory: 178 KB
Page faults: 290
Page faults /min: 0
Process I/O averages
Total read operations: 10
Total read transfer: 4.04 KB
Total write operations: 6
Total write transfer: 3.44 KB
Total other operations: 365
Total other transfer: 3.48 KB
Resources
Handle count average: 19
Thread count average: 3

Process details

Runs as (owner): System
Integrety level: Undefined
Windows platform: 32-bit
Child Processes
csrss.exe (Client Server Runtime Process by Microsoft)
winlogon.exe (Windows NT-logonprogram by Microsoft)
Process Command
\SystemRoot\System32\smss.exe

Image hashes

MD5: 3d0f7d67af801c313be733b2f05bfa0e
SHA-1: 1425e49cc8c14135bdd4113784c9e3a2aea710d0
SHA-256: bed849c7a344217a94d94de705924d70e9c307d184609d9bb2ebc3ab6561a98c

PE image details

Subsystem: Native (none required)
File packed: No
Import Table
ntdll.dll
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