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What is nvvsvc.exe?

Part of NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 301.42 by NVIDIA

What is it?

The NVIDIA Driver Helper Service is used in configuring a PC's NVIDIA drivers for video graphics cards. They provide the ability to override OpenGL refresh rates through via NVIDIA Control Panel in the display properties.

What if I disable NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 301.42?

If you are not actively changing the OpenGL settings of your NVIDIA card, this service can be disabled. Note, when new drivers are installed this service will be set back to automatic.
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How does nvvsvc.exe run?

Service - nvvsvc.exe runs as a background Windows service called 'nvsvc' (NVIDIA Display Driver Service). This service runs as the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges on the local computer, and acts as the computer on the network. NVIDIA Display Driver Service runs as a program that can be started by the Service Controller and that obeys the service control protocol. This type of service runs in a process by itself.

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What is the community is seeing?What is the community is doing?
About 0.3% of all Boost users have the nvvsvc.exe process running.Of the 0.3% of nvvsvc.exe users, 18.0% have disabled it.
How resource intensive is nvvsvc.exe?
Comparison based on the average resource utilization across all programs.
0.00021% CPU2139.0%
Average CPU utilization across all programs is 0.00001%.
          2.31 MB RAM10.7%
Average private memory utilization across all programs is 21.53 MB.
         9 GDI objects6.0%
Average number of GUI GDI and USER objects for all programs is 150.
Typical file (disk image) location:
C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe

Are there other versions of NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, ...?

nvvsvc.exe - version 8.17.13.0142
nvvsvc.exe - version 8.17.13.0142 (this)
Why are multiple of the same versions listed?

What modules are loaded?

A module is a dynamic link library (DLL) or an executable file that is loaded into the process. Below is a list of non-system modules that are loaded by NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 301.42.
nvsvcr.dll (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 301.42 by NVIDIA)
nvsvc.dll (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 301.42 by NVIDIA)

What else is related?

nvsvc64.dll (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 301.42 by NVIDIA)
nvsvc32.exe (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 301.42 by NVIDIA)
nvsvcr.dll (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 290.81 by NVIDIA)
nvsvc64.dll (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 290.81 by NVIDIA)
nvvsvc.exe (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 290.81 by NVIDIA)
nwiz.exe (NVIDIA nView Wizard, Version 60.85 by NVIDIA)
nvcpl.dll (NVIDIA Compatible Windows Vista Display driver, Version 175.97 by NVIDIA)
nvvsvc.exe (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 175.97 by NVIDIA)
nvsvc.dll (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 175.97 by NVIDIA)
nvsvcr.dll (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 311.34 by NVIDIA)
nvsvc64.dll (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 311.34 by NVIDIA)
nvvsvc.exe (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 311.34 by NVIDIA)
nvsvc64.dll (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 331.40 by NVIDIA)
nvcpl.dll (NVIDIA Compatible Windows 2000 Display driver, Version 261.01 by NVIDIA)
nvsvc32.exe (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 261.01 by NVIDIA)
nvsvcr.dll (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service Localized Resources, Version 189.86 by NVIDIA)
nvsvc64.dll (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 189.86 by NVIDIA)
nvcpl.dll (NVIDIA Compatible Windows7 Display driver, Version 189.86 by NVIDIA)
nvvsvc.exe (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 189.86 by NVIDIA)
nvcpl.dll (NVIDIA Windows Display driver, Version 307.83 by NVIDIA)
nvsvc32.exe (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 307.83 by NVIDIA)
nvshell.dll (NVIDIA Desktop Explorer, Version 125.14 by NVIDIA)

What Windows OS versions does this run on?

Windows 7 Ultimate (6.1.7601.65536)

About NVIDIA Corporation

Nvidia specializes in the manufacture of graphics-processor technologies for workstations, desktop computers, and mobile devices. The company, based in Santa Cl More...
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File details

File name: nvvsvc.exe
Publisher: NVIDIA Corporation (verified)
Name: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 301.42
Description: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 301.42
Version: 8.17.13.0142
Size: 630.31 KB
Original file name: nvsvc32.exe

Digital certificate

Issued to: NVIDIA Corporation
Certificate authority: VeriSign
Effective date: 9/2/2011
Expiration date: 9/2/2014

Resource utilization

CPU utilization averages
Total CPU: 0.0005348619%
Privileged CPU: 0.0003209661%
User CPU: 0.00021389588373%
Privileged CPU time: 46875 ms
Privileged CPU time /min: 0 ms
CPU cycle count: 424,916,434
Memory utilization averages
Committed memory: 60.64 MB
Peak committed memory: 66.11 MB
Paged memory: 2.31 MB
Peak paged memory: 2.4 MB
Paged system memory: 107.63 KB
Non-paged system memory: 5.11 KB
Working set memory: 6.96 MB
Peak working set memory: 7.02 MB
Min working set memory: 6.91 MB
Private memory: 2.31 MB
Page faults: 2,291
Page faults /min: 0
Process I/O averages
Total read operations: 2
Total read transfer: 162 Bytes
Total other operations: 242
Total other transfer: 1.08 KB
GUI Object Averages
GDI objects: 9
Peak GDI objects: 11
USER objects: 5
Peak USER objects: 5
Resources
Handle count average: 132
Thread count average: 5

Process details

Runs as (owner): System
Integrety level: System
Windows platform: 32-bit
Runs as a service: Yes
Parent Processes
services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)
nvvsvc.exe (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 301.42 by NVIDIA)
Child Processes
nvxdsync.exe (NVIDIA User Experience Driver Component by NVIDIA)
nvvsvc.exe (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 301.42 by NVIDIA)
Process Commands
C:\Windows\system32\nvvsvc.exe -session -first
C:\Windows\system32\nvvsvc.exe

Service details

Name: NVIDIA Display Driver Service
Service name: nvsvc
Service type: Win32OwnProcess
Description: “Provides system and desktop level support to the NVIDIA display driver”

Image hashes

MD5: 782945716ad010ac3d41758e8e52c735
SHA-1: 50a4c58df6ebe91ec69a8bd3d9443ed12f82d857
SHA-256: 5a2b869b697d5bcd31f59bf39e3b0c8c570dd01b1fc82063cd9530f2fc49c7d6

PE image details

CLR assembly: Yes
CLR NGENed: No
Langauge*: Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
File packed: No
Import Table
advapi32.dll
kernel32.dll
ole32.dll
rpcrt4.dll
setupapi.dll
shlwapi.dll
userenv.dll
wtsapi32.dll
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