What is SES Driver?

SES Driver is software application developed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 63.25% of installations running this operating system. SES Driver's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 129 files.

SES Driver is most popular in the United States with 46.5% of installations residing in this country.

SES Driver adds 5 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, SES Driver is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About SES Driver?

The SES Device Driver is an essential software component designed to facilitate communication between the Windows PC operating system and the Western Digital SES device. This driver is vital for ensuring proper functionality and is typically included with the Western Digital SES hardware. In the event that the driver is not pre-installed, it can be easily obtained through Windows Update in the Control Panel or by downloading it from the official Western Digital support website.

Software Behaviors

Services:

providerregistryservice.exe runs as a service named 'Registro provider servizi Windows Server' (ServiceProviderRegistry) "Registra i nuovi provider sul computer e li rende individuabili.".
sharedservicehost.exe runs as a service named 'Servizio download Windows Server' (providers_system) "Consente di gestire il download dei componenti aggiuntivi sul computer.".
lanconfigsvc.exe runs as a service named 'Configurazione LAN Windows Server' (LANConfig) "Individua la presenza del server e configura i servizi DNS locali.".
microsoft.homeserver.archive.transferservice.exe runs as a service named 'Windows Server Media Center TV Archive Transfer Service' (arXfrSvc) "Transfers recorded TV from Media Center to the Recorded TV shared folder on your home server.".
whsmcclient.exe runs as a service named 'Windows Server Media Center Client Service' (WhsMcClient) "Enables this computer to access the server folders on your home server.".
wsconnectorupdate.exe runs as a service named 'Windows Server Connector Update' (WSConnectorUpdate) "Checks for and installs Connector updates provided by Windows Server. If the service is stopped, the computer will be unable to discover or install Connector updates, and it may be unable to use some of the features that are provided by the server.".

Firewall:

CCleaner.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

CCleaner64.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{CB925407-131E-4FD1-A706-70A76721BE79}' (runs on registration).
WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B3FC19BC-7B9A-4FD2-AA9C-4EC8AA045CC7}' (runs on registration).
runtask.exe is scheduled as a task named 'ConfigureRDPGroup' (Next runs on 28/01/2014 at 18:58).
classicstartmenu.exe is scheduled as a task named 'sm' (runs on boot).
CCleaner.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Auto Clean' (runs weekly on Thursdays at 10:00 PM).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 15.
runtask.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Clean up task.
classicstartmenu.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named sm.
CCleaner64.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named CCleaner.
CCleaner.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named CCleanerSkipUAC.

Registry entries:

launchpad.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Wndows Server Launchpad' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\Launchpad.exe".
CCleaner64.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'CCleaner Monitoring' and executes as "C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner64.exe" /MONITOR.
CCleaner.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'CCleaner Monitoring' and executes as "C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe" /MONITOR.

Software Details

URL:

https://support.wdc.com

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\Western Digital\SES Driver\

Uninstaller:

MsiExec.exe /I{D8CC254C-C671-4664-9A38-FA368D1E2C97}

Size:

1.00 MB

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