Windows 8 DLL File Information - provsvc.dll

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General Information

File Description:	Windows HomeGroup
File Version:	6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)
Company:	Microsoft Corporation
Product Name:	Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
DLL popularity	Very Low - There is no any other DLL in system32 directory that is statically linked to this file.
File Size:	297 KB
Total Number of Exported Functions:	3
Total Number of Exported Functions With Names:	3

Section Headers

Name	Virtual Address	Raw Data Size	% of File	Characteristics	Section Contains...
.text	0x00001000	271,872 Bytes	89.4%	Read, Execute	Code
.data	0x00044000	3,072 Bytes	1.0%	Write, Read	Initialized Data
.idata	0x00045000	7,168 Bytes	2.4%	Read	Initialized Data
.rsrc	0x00047000	6,144 Bytes	2.0%	Read	Initialized Data
.reloc	0x00049000	14,848 Bytes	4.9%	Read, Discardable	Initialized Data

Static Linking

provsvc.dll is statically linked to the following files:

msvcrt.dll
ntdll.dll
api-ms-win-eventing-classicprovider-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-eventing-provider-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-1.dll
api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-1.dll
api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-2-0.dll
WS2_32.dll
api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-security-base-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-registry-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-string-l2-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
api-ms-win-core-shlwapi-obsolete-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-heap-obsolete-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-kernel32-legacy-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-threadpool-legacy-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-shlwapi-legacy-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-shcore-thread-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-shcore-obsolete-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-shcore-registry-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-shcore-stream-l1-1-0.dll
SHCORE.dll
api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-string-obsolete-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-url-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-delayload-l1-1-1.dll
api-ms-win-shcore-comhelpers-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-shcore-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-eventing-controller-l1-1-0.dll

This means that when provsvc.dll is loaded, the above files are automatically loaded too. If one of these files is corrupted or missing, provsvc.dll won't be loaded.

General Resources Information

Resource Type	Number of Items	Total Size	% of File
Icons	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
Animated Icons	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
Cursors	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
Animated Cursors	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
Bitmaps	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
AVI Files	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
Dialog-Boxes	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
HTML Related Files	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
Menus	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
Strings	13	1,098 Bytes	0.4%
Type Libraries	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
Manifest	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
All Others	4	7,910 Bytes	2.6%
Total	17	9,008 Bytes	3.0%

Icons in this file

No icons found in this file

Cursors in this file

No cursors found in this file

Dialog-boxes list (up to 200 dialogs)

No dialog resources in this file.

String resources in this dll (up to 200 strings)

String ID	String Text
100	HomeGroup Provider
101	Performs networking tasks associated with configuration and maintenance of homegroups. If this service is stopped or disabled, your computer will be unable to detect other homegroups and your homegroup might not work properly. It is recommended that you keep this service running.
102	HomeGroup Password
103	Home
200	HomeGroup In
201	HomeGroup Allow In 3587
202	HomeGroup
203	HomeGroup Out
204	HomeGroup Allow Out 3587
205	HomeGroup In (PNRP)
206	HomeGroup Allow In 3540 (PNRP)
207	HomeGroup Out (PNRP)
208	HomeGroup Allow Out 3540 (PNRP)

COM Classes/Interfaces

There is no type library in this file with COM classes/interfaces information

Exported Functions List

The following functions are exported by this dll:

DllCanUnloadNow

DllGetClassObject

ProviderServiceMain

Imported Functions List

The following functions are imported by this dll:

• msvcrt.dll:
  

  _CxxThrowException

  _XcptFilter

  __CxxFrameHandler

  __dllonexit

  _amsg_exit

  _callnewh

  _except_handler4_common

  _ftol2

  _initterm

  _lock

  _onexit

  _purecall

  _unlock

  _vsnwprintf

  free

  iswalpha

  malloc

  memcmp

  memcpy

  memmove

  memset

  public: __thiscall exception::exception(class exception const &)

  public: __thiscall exception::exception(void)

  public: virtual __thiscall exception::~exception(void)

  public: virtual __thiscall type_info::~type_info(void)

  public: virtual char const * __thiscall exception::what(void)const

  rand

  srand

  strchr

  wcschr

• ntdll.dll:
  

  EtwTraceMessage	NtClose	NtOpenProcessToken	NtOpenThreadToken
  NtPowerInformation	NtQueryInformationToken	RtlInitUnicodeString	RtlNtStatusToDosError
  WinSqmIncrementDWORD	WinSqmIsOptedIn	WinSqmSetDWORD

• api-ms-win-eventing-classicprovider-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  ntdll!EtwGetTraceEnableFlags	ntdll!EtwGetTraceEnableLevel	ntdll!EtwGetTraceLoggerHandle	ntdll!EtwRegisterTraceGuidsW
  ntdll!EtwTraceMessage	ntdll!EtwUnregisterTraceGuids

• api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-2-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!InterlockedCompareExchange	KernelBase!InterlockedDecrement	KernelBase!InterlockedExchange
  KernelBase!InterlockedIncrement

• api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!CreateEventW	KernelBase!OpenEventW	KernelBase!ResetEvent
  KernelBase!SetEvent	KernelBase!Sleep	KernelBase!WaitForSingleObject
  ntdll!RtlDeleteCriticalSection	ntdll!RtlEnterCriticalSection	ntdll!RtlInitializeCriticalSection
  ntdll!RtlLeaveCriticalSection

• api-ms-win-eventing-provider-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  ntdll!EtwEventRegister

  ntdll!EtwEventUnregister

  ntdll!EtwEventWrite

• api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-2-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!GetProcessHeap

  ntdll!RtlAllocateHeap

  ntdll!RtlFreeHeap

  ntdll!RtlReAllocateHeap

• api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-1.dll:
  

  KernelBase!DisableThreadLibraryCalls	KernelBase!FindResourceExW	KernelBase!GetModuleHandleExW
  KernelBase!GetModuleHandleW	KernelBase!GetProcAddress	KernelBase!LoadResource
  KernelBase!LockResource

• api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!CloseHandle

• api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-1.dll:
  

  KernelBase!GetLastError	KernelBase!SetUnhandledExceptionFilter	KernelBase!UnhandledExceptionFilter
  ntdll!RtlRestoreLastWin32Error

• api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!CompareStringOrdinal

  KernelBase!MultiByteToWideChar

• api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-2-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!ExpandEnvironmentStringsW

• WS2_32.dll:
  

  WSAAddressToStringW	WSAGetLastError	WSALookupServiceBeginW	WSALookupServiceEnd
  WSALookupServiceNextW	WSAStartup	WSAStringToAddressW

• api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-2-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!GetComputerNameExW

  KernelBase!GetSystemTimeAsFileTime

  KernelBase!GetTickCount

• api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!CompareFileTime

  KernelBase!DeleteFileW

  KernelBase!GetFileAttributesExW

• api-ms-win-security-base-l1-2-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!CheckTokenMembership	KernelBase!CopySid	KernelBase!CreateWellKnownSid
  KernelBase!GetLengthSid	KernelBase!GetSidSubAuthority	KernelBase!GetSidSubAuthorityCount
  KernelBase!GetTokenInformation	KernelBase!IsValidSid	KernelBase!IsWellKnownSid

• api-ms-win-core-registry-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!RegCloseKey	KernelBase!RegCreateKeyExW	KernelBase!RegDeleteKeyExW	KernelBase!RegDeleteTreeW
  KernelBase!RegDeleteValueW	KernelBase!RegGetValueW	KernelBase!RegOpenKeyExW	KernelBase!RegQueryInfoKeyW
  KernelBase!RegQueryValueExW	KernelBase!RegSetValueExW

• api-ms-win-core-string-l2-1-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!IsCharAlphaNumericW	KernelBase!IsCharAlphaW	KernelBase!IsCharLowerW
  KernelBase!IsCharUpperW

• api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  ntdll!RtlQueryPerformanceCounter

• api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll:
  

  KernelBase!OpenProcessToken	KernelBase!OpenThreadToken	kernel32!GetCurrentProcess	kernel32!GetCurrentProcessId
  kernel32!GetCurrentThread	kernel32!GetCurrentThreadId	kernel32!TerminateProcess

• api-ms-win-core-shlwapi-obsolete-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!QISearch	KernelBase!StrChrW	KernelBase!StrCmpICW	KernelBase!StrCmpIW
  KernelBase!StrCmpNW	KernelBase!StrCmpW	KernelBase!StrRChrW	KernelBase!StrToInt64ExW

• api-ms-win-core-heap-obsolete-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  kernel32!LocalAlloc

  kernel32!LocalFree

• api-ms-win-core-kernel32-legacy-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  kernel32!GetComputerNameW

  kernel32!RegisterWaitForSingleObject

• api-ms-win-core-threadpool-legacy-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!UnregisterWaitEx

• api-ms-win-core-shlwapi-legacy-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!PathParseIconLocationW

  KernelBase!SHExpandEnvironmentStringsW

• api-ms-win-shcore-thread-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  SHCore!SHCreateThread

• api-ms-win-shcore-obsolete-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  SHCore!SHStrDupW

• api-ms-win-shcore-registry-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  SHCore!SHDeleteEmptyKeyW	SHCore!SHDeleteValueW	SHCore!SHEnumKeyExW	SHCore!SHEnumValueW
  SHCore!SHGetValueW	SHCore!SHRegGetValueW	SHCore!SHSetValueW

• api-ms-win-shcore-stream-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  SHCore!IStream_Read

  SHCore!IStream_Write

  SHCore!SHCreateMemStream

  SHCore!SHCreateStreamOnFileEx

• SHCORE.dll:
  

• api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!FormatMessageW

  KernelBase!LCMapStringW

• api-ms-win-core-string-obsolete-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  kernel32!lstrlenW

• api-ms-win-core-url-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!UrlCompareW

• api-ms-win-core-delayload-l1-1-1.dll:
  

  kernel32!DelayLoadFailureHook

  ntdll!LdrResolveDelayLoadedAPI

• api-ms-win-shcore-comhelpers-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  SHCore!IUnknown_Set

• api-ms-win-shcore-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  SHCore!IsOS

• api-ms-win-eventing-controller-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!EnableTraceEx2

  KernelBase!StartTraceW

  KernelBase!StopTraceW