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What is netdde.exe?

Part of Network DDE - DDE Communication by Microsoft

(netdde.exe is a system file that is installed with Windows)

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How does netdde.exe run?

Service - netdde.exe runs as a background Windows service called 'NetDDE' (Network DDE). This is a system service that is installed with the Windows operating system and protected with Window's File Protection. This service runs as the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges on the local computer, and acts as the computer on the network. Network DDE runs as a service that can share a process with other Win32 services.

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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 netdde.exe process running.	Of the 0.1% of netdde.exe users, less than 1% have disabled it.

How resource intensive is netdde.exe?

Comparison based on the average resource utilization across all programs.

0.00027% CPU2709.2%

Average CPU utilization across all programs is 0.00001%.

1.02 MB RAM4.7%

Average private memory utilization across all programs is 21.53 MB.

2 /min0.1%

Average I/O read and write operations for all programs is 2,253 per minute.

8 GDI objects5.3%

Average number of GUI GDI and USER objects for all programs is 150.

Typical file (disk image) location:

C:\Windows\System32\netdde.exe

Are there other versions of Network DDE - DDE Communicatio...?

netdde.exe - version 5.2.3790.3959 (srv03_sp2_rtm.070216-1710)

netdde.exe - version 5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105) (this)

netdde.exe - version 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)

What else is related?

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)

webfarmservice.exe (Microsoft IIS Extensions by Microsoft)

tfsjobagent.exe (Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 by Microsoft)

tfsbuildservicehost.exe (Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 by Microsoft)

ruleengineupdateservice.exe (Microsoft (R) BizTalk (R) Server 2010 by Microsoft)

entsso.exe (Microsoft® Enterprise Single Sign-On by Microsoft)

btsntsvc.exe (Microsoft (R) BizTalk (R) Server 2010 by Microsoft)

drmstor.dll (Microsoft® Windows Media Services by Microsoft)

themeui.dll (API de tema do Windows by Microsoft)

ntbackup.exe (Utilitário de cópia de segurança do Windows by Microsoft)

What Windows OS versions does this run on?

Microsoft Windows XP (5.1.2600.131072)

Microsoft Windows XP (5.1.2600.196608)

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1.2600.196608)

Windows XP Home Edition (5.1.2600.196608)

Windows XP Professional (5.1.2600.196608)

Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium (6.0.6001.65536)

Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate (6.0.6002.131072)

Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536)

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File details

File name: netdde.exe

Publisher: Microsoft Corporation

Name: Network DDE - DDE Communication

Description: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System

Version: 5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)

Product version: 5.1.2600.5512

Original file name: NETDDE.EXE

Windows file protection: Yes

Resource utilization

CPU utilization averages

Total CPU: 0.0008127594%

Privileged CPU: 0.0005418396%

User CPU: 0.00027091981647%

Privileged CPU time: 62.5 ms

Privileged CPU time /min: 0 ms

Memory utilization averages

Committed memory: 31.8 MB

Peak committed memory: 32.34 MB

Paged memory: 1.02 MB

Peak paged memory: 1.02 MB

Paged system memory: 33.66 KB

Non-paged system memory: 4.16 KB

Working set memory: 3.02 MB

Peak working set memory: 3.02 MB

Min working set memory: 3 MB

Private memory: 1.02 MB

Page faults: 939

Page faults /min: 5

Process I/O averages

Total read operations: 3

Read operations /min: 1

Total read transfer: 84 Bytes

Read transfer /min: 0 Bytes

Total write operations: 3

Write operations /min: 1

Total write transfer: 20 Bytes

Write transfer /min: 0 Bytes

Total other operations: 173

Other operations /min: 1

Total other transfer: 2.25 KB

Other Transfer /min: 12 Bytes

GDI objects: 8

USER objects: 7

Resources

Handle count average: 71

Thread count average: 10

Thread resource averages

netdde.exe

Process details

Runs as (owner): System

Windows platform: 32-bit

Runs as a service: Yes

Parent Process

services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Process Command

C:\WINDOWS\system32\netdde.exe

Service details

Name: Network DDE

Service name: NetDDE

Service type: Win32ShareProcess

Description: “Provides network transport and security for Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) for programs running on the same computer or on different computers. If this service is stopped, DDE transport and security will be unavailable. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.”