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"WmiPrvSE.exe" Process on Windows 7
What is the "WmiPrvSE.exe" process on windows 7? Is the "WmiPrvSE.exe" process a virus? Can I terminate the "WmiPrvSE.exe" process? Why there are multiple "WmiPrvSE.exe" processes?
✍: FYIcenter.com
"WmiPrvSE.exe" process
represents "WMI Provider Host" program.
"WmiPrvSE.exe" is a service
that provides a common interface and object model to access management information
about operating system, devices, applications and services.
If this service is stopped, most Windows-based applications will not function properly.
"WmiPrvSE.exe" process is normally running under the parent process "svchost" as shown in the process tree below:
Boot wininit services svchost WmiPrvSE
On the Processes tab of "Task Manager", "WmiPrvSE.exe" process may be listed multiple times. The reason for multiple "WmiPrvSE.exe" processes is that different applications that use WMI interface do not want to share a single "WmiPrvSE.exe" process to avoid crashing together. Different applications creates different "WmiPrvSE.exe" processes so they can run independently.
Image Name Memory Description -------------------- ---------- ----------- WmiPrvSE.exe 21,064 K WMI Provider Host WmiPrvSE.exe 8,280 K WMI Provider Host ...
Additional information about "WmiPrvSE.exe" process:
Command line: C:\windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe Programe file information: Name: WmiPrvSE.exe Location: C:\windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe Description: WMI Provider Host Version: 6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850) Size: 372736 bytes Last modified: 11/20/2010 10:24:15 PM Company Name: Microsoft Corporation Some data files used: C:\Windows\System32 C:\Windows\System32\en-US\user32.dll.mui C:\Windows\System32\en-US\advapi32.dll.mui C:\Windows\System32\en-US\setupapi.dll.mui C:\Windows\System32\wbem\en-US\cimwin32.dll.mui C:\Windows\System32 C:\Windows\System32\en-US\user32.dll.mui C:\Windows\System32\en-US\setupapi.dll.mui C:\Windows\System32\en-US\advapi32.dll.mui Some registry keys used: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Sorting\Versions HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SESSION MANAGER HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PERFLIB HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\.NET CLR Data\Performance HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\.NET CLR Networking\Performance HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\.NET CLR Networking 4.0.0.0\Performance HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\.NET Data Provider for Oracle\Performance HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\.NET Data Provider for SqlServer\Performance HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\.NET Memory Cache 4.0\Performance Some DLL libraries used: C:\windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll C:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll C:\windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll C:\windows\system32\ADVAPI32.dll C:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll C:\windows\SYSTEM32\sechost.dll C:\windows\system32\RPCRT4.dll C:\windows\system32\USER32.dll C:\windows\system32\GDI32.dll C:\windows\system32\LPK.dll
"WmiPrvSE.exe" process is not a virus. You should not terminate "WmiPrvSE.exe" process.
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