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What is adevctrl.exe?

Part of ADevCtrl Application

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How does adevctrl.exe run?

Process - adevctrl.exe is an instance of a running program. This 32-bit program executes with the privileges as the currently logged in user account. adevctrl.exe is executed by the process explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft).

How does adevctrl.exe start?

Startup files (all users) run - adevctrl.exe is registered with the run identifier 'ADevCtrl' and the execution command '"C:\Program Files\Acer\Device Control\ADevCtrl.exe" Start_Run' in the Windows registry HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. Run keys are startup registry keys that are used to launch an application automatically when any Windows user logs into Windows.

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What is the community is seeing?What is the community is doing?
About 0.2% of all Boost users have the adevctrl.exe process running.Of the 0.2% of adevctrl.exe users, 23.0% have disabled it.
How resource intensive is adevctrl.exe?
Comparison based on the average resource utilization across all programs.
0.00562% CPU56218.1%
Average CPU utilization across all programs is 0.00001%.
8.44 MB RAM39.2%
Average private memory utilization across all programs is 21.53 MB.
73 GDI objects48.7%
Average number of GUI GDI and USER objects for all programs is 150.
     10 context switches/sec10.0%
Average context switches for all programs is 100 per second.
Typical file (disk image) location:
C:\Program Files\acer\device control\adevctrl.exe

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 ADevCtrl Application.
osdutl2.dll (Dritek System Inc. OSD Library 2 by Dritek System)
radiowndutl.dll (Dritek RadioWindow Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
vistavol.dll (Windows Vista Master Volume Control Library by Dritek System)
pwrplanutl.dll (PwrPlanU Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
commdevutl.dll (CommDevU Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
vk_handle.dll (VK_Handl Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
volctrlutl.dll (VolCtrlU Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
monitorutl.dll (MonitorU Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
storagedrive.dll (StorageD Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
dpctrlutl.dll (DpCtrlUt Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
batteryutl.dll (BatteryU Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
devctrlui.dll (Device Control UI Framwork by Dritek System)
dcdocking.dll (dcDockin Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
gsensorutl.dll (GSensorU Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
dc3gutl.dll (dc3GUtl Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
dsessmgrutl.dll (Dritek Session Manager Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
wmictrl.dll (WmiCtrl Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
adcmd.dll (AdCmd Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
usbmonitor.dll (UsbMonit Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
branddetection.dll (BrandDet Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
smdevmgr.dll (SMDevMgr Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
dpmgrutl.dll (Display Switch module by Dritek System)
guiwindow.dll (GuiWindo Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
dpmgrui.dll (Display Switch UI module by Dritek System)

What else is related?

adevctrl64.exe (ADevCtrl Application by Dritek System)
metroutil.dll (Launch Manager utility process for Metro by Dritek System)
rfbtnhelper.exe (RfBtnHelper Application by Dritek System)
sysbright64.dll (System Brightness Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
dmcore64.dll (Display Manager Core Library by Dritek System)
lmsmbkel64.dll (LmSmbKel Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
guiwindow64.dll (GuiWindo Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
smdevmgr64.dll (SMDevMgr Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
branddetection64.dll (BrandDet Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
wlanmonitor64.dll (by Dritek System)
cavol64.dll (CAVol Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
usbmonitor64.dll (UsbMonit Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
adcmd64.dll (AdCmd Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
wmictrl64.dll (WmiCtrl Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
radiowndutl64.dll (Dritek RadioWindow Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
osdutl264.dll (Dritek System Inc. OSD Library 2 by Dritek System)
dsessmgrutl64.dll (Dritek Session Manager Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
dmctrlutl64.dll (DmCtrlUt Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
dcdocking64.dll (dcDockin Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
btswswitch64.dll (BtSwSwitch Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
mbswswitch64.dll (MbSwSwitch Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)
wlswswitch64.dll (WlSwSwitch Dynamic Link Library by Dritek System)

What Windows OS versions does this run on?

Windows 8 Pro (6.2.9200.0)
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File details

File name: adevctrl.exe
Name: ADevCtrl Application
Description: Device Control Program
Version: 1, 6, 5, 1216
Product version: 1, 0, 3000, 0
Size: 234.08 KB
Original file name: ADevCtrl.exe

Digital certificate

Issued to: Dritek System Inc.
Certificate authority: VeriSign
Effective date: 9/30/2009
Expiration date: 10/15/2012

Resource utilization

CPU utilization averages
Total CPU: 0.0082015535%
Privileged CPU: 0.0025797446%
User CPU: 0.00562180891242%
Privileged CPU time: 1279.21 ms
Privileged CPU time /min: 0 ms
CPU cycle count: 509,215,245
Context switches /sec: 10
Memory utilization averages
Committed memory: 129.53 MB
Peak committed memory: 137.48 MB
Paged memory: 8.44 MB
Peak paged memory: 8.51 MB
Paged system memory: 225.21 KB
Non-paged system memory: 17.9 KB
Working set memory: 19.39 MB
Peak working set memory: 27.98 MB
Min working set memory: 17.8 MB
Private memory: 8.44 MB
Page faults: 31,082
Page faults /min: 0
Process I/O averages
Total read operations: 515
Total read transfer: 685.58 KB
Total other operations: 5,958
Total other transfer: 35.2 KB
GUI Object Averages
GDI objects: 73
Peak GDI objects: 75
USER objects: 49
Peak USER objects: 54
Resources
Handle count average: 294
Thread count average: 11
Thread resource averages

Process details

Runs as (owner): User
Integrety level: Medium
Windows platform: 32-bit
Parent Process
explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft)
Process Command
"C:\Program Files\Acer\Device Control\ADevCtrl.exe" Start_Run

Startup files (all users) run details

Name: ADevCtrl
Command: "C:\Program Files\Acer\Device Control\ADevCtrl.exe" Start_Run

Image hashes

MD5: c04c24718da7e4d79128d47e4e1ce0a8
SHA-1: a6b54cdecb9e859642b7aed84e360674f0265975

PE image details

Subsystem: Windows GUI
File packed: No
Import Table
adcmd.dll
advapi32.dll
batteryutl.dll
commdevutl.dll
dc3gutl.dll
dcdocking.dll
devctrlui.dll
dpctrlutl.dll
dsessmgrutl.dll
gsensorutl.dll
kernel32.dll
monitorutl.dll
ole32.dll
osdutl2.dll
pwrplanutl.dll
radiowndutl.dll
sensapi.dll
shlwapi.dll
storagedrive.dll
usbmonitor.dll
user32.dll
vk_handle.dll
volctrlutl.dll
wlanapi.dll
wmictrl.dll
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