• Properties:

• System Process: No
• Background Process: Yes
• Application Process:Yes
• Common Path:
  C:\ Windows\ System32\ s3apphk.exe
• Uses Network:No
• Uses Internet:No

Description:

The file s3apphk.exe is a program created by S3 Graphics Inc. It is a utility bundled with the driver for S3 Video output devices. This program gives access to additional configurations and diagnostics.

The process s3apphk.exe provides a number of tools that are useful when diagnosing problems with S3 hardware. It enables S3 video output devices to take digitized images from computer memory such as those captured from a capture device and converts them into a video signal.

The process s3apphk.exe is installed with the drivers for S3 601 Savage XP and S3s AlphaChrome Graphics Controllers. The devices that are supported by the s3apphk.exe process includes via tech vt8361 and vt8601 graphics controller.

The s3apphk.exe process is related to s3tray2.exe. The size of the file s3apphk.exe on Windows XP is 28,672 bytes. The MD5 hash of the file s3apphk.exe is A75D413A3140203493D57C3273D56328. S3 Graphics Inc. signed the s3apphk.exe process with a certificate from a trusted Windows source.

The process s3apphk.exe starts with every Windows load via the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run S3apphk.

The file s3apphk.exe depends on the modules kernel32.dll and user32.dll. It interacts with other modules including msjava.dll, mpr.dll, gdi32.dll, ntdll.dll, s3disply.dll, s3appdll.dll, s3gamma2.dll, s3info2.dll, tmon8400.dll, tmon8400.dll, trid_p3d.dll, trid_vmx.dll, tv_tvx.dll and vt1621.dll. This executable has 4 ordinal names.

The process s3apphk.exe was built to run in a graphical user interface subsystem. It was built for x86 architecture. It supports Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE.

Recommendations:

This is a safe process. There is no necessity to remove this process from your system or change it in any way.