Portal: First Slice
What is Portal: First Slice?
Portal: First Slice consists of test chambers 00-10, with a total of 11 test chambers. It was originally available on Steam for any user with an Nvidia graphics chipset. The demo was distributed along with Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, Peggle Extreme, and Half-Life 2: Lost Coast. After some time, it was eventually made available to all Steam users, before being completely removed from Steam during the "Portal is Free" marketing campaign.
Overview
Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The main program executable is hl2.exe. The software installer includes 116 files and is usually about 153.62 MB (161,082,512 bytes).
Program details
URL: www.half-life2.com
Help link: support.steampowered.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\steam\steamapps\pusapu\portal
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/410
Estimated size: 153.62 MB
Files installed by Portal: First Slice
| Program executable: | hl2.exe |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\steam\steamapps\pusapu\portal\hl2.exe |
| MD5: | f718e721bf784a4f39bb344c4425f70a |
Additional files:
-
AppOverlay.dll - Steam Application Overlay Renderer (Steam Application Overlay)
-
AppOverlay64.dll
-
crashhandler.dll - Steam Crash Handler Library
-
GameOverlayRenderer.dll - Steam Game Overlay Renderer
-
GameOverlayRenderer64.dll
-
Steam.dll
-
Steam.exe - Steam Client Bootstrapper
-
steamclient.dll - Steam
-
steamclient64.dll
-
steamerrorreporter.exe
-
SteamUI.dll - SteamUI Dynamic Link Library
-
tier0_s.dll - tier0_s Dynamic Link Library
-
tier0_s64.dll
-
vstdlib_s.dll - vstdlib_ s.dll
-
vstdlib_s64.dll
-
avutil-51.dll
-
crashhandler64.dll
-
GameOverlayUI.exe
-
SDL2.dll - Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)
-
steamerrorreporter64.exe
-
steamTmp.exe
-
AdminServer.dll
-
avcodec-53.dll
-
avformat-53.dll
-
binkw32.dll (by RAD Game Tools) - Bink and Smacker (RAD Video Tools)
-
bsppack.dll
-
bspzip.exe
-
bugreporter.dll
-
bugreporter_filequeue.dll
-
bugreporter_public.dll
-
captioncompiler.exe
-
chromehtml.dll
-
commedit.dll
-
cserhelper.dll - CSER Helper (Debug Helper Routines)
-
datacache.dll
-
datamodel.dll
-
dbghelp.dll (by Microsoft) - Debugging Tools for Windows(R) (Windows Image Helper)
-
demoinfo.exe
-
dmserializers.dll
-
dmxedit.exe
-
elementviewer.exe
-
engine.dll
-
FileSystem_Stdio.dll
-
FileSystem_Steam.dll
-
FileSystemOpenDialog.dll - SteamFileDialog Dynamic Link Library (SteamFileDialog DLL)
-
friendsui.dll
-
GameUI.dll
-
glview.exe
-
hammer.exe
-
hammer_dll.dll - Valve Hammer Editor (tm) (Hammer)
-
haptics.dll
-
height2normal.exe
-
height2ssbump.exe
-
hlfaceposer.exe
-
hlmv.exe
-
icudt.dll (by The ICU Project) - International Components for Unicode (ICU Data DLL)
-
icudt42.dll (by IBM and others)
-
inputsystem.dll
-
launcher.dll
-
libavresample-1.dll
Behaviors exhibited
2 Scheduled Tasks
- Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{CC29CBDA-1EA3-44CC-882F-AFADB7D351AB}' (runs on registration).
- SteamTmp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{694711D6-27A0-4D68-8836-D5F25B163A59}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam Login.
2 Startup Files (User Run)
- Steam.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Steam Client Bootstrapper (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04)' and executes as C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe.
- steamTmp.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Steam' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe" -silent.
Startup File (All Users Run)
- Steam.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Steam' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" -silent.
3 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
- Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
- hl2.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\Portal\hl2.exe'.
- steamTmp.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
Network connections
- steam.exe connects to unknown.hwng.net (209.197.29.197 port 27017).
- steamTmp.exe connects to cdn-178-79-196-253.pmo.llnw.net (178.79.196.253 port 80).
- steamTmp.exe connects to 69.28.145.170 (port 27017).
- steamTmp.exe connects to cm-04.lux.valve.net (146.66.152.15 port 27018).
- steamTmp.exe connects to 80.239.194.142 (port 27030).
- steamTmp.exe connects to VALVE-CORPO.car2.Philadelphia1.Level3.net (4.78.155.50 port 27031).
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| Steam.exe |
| Memory: | 135.83 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0002740424% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00018112% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00009292% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 21,119,105 | |
| Switches/sec: | 655 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 15.66 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 110.91 KB | |
| gameoverlayui.exe |
| Memory: | 36.47 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0126768236% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00708749% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00558933% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 30,822,598 | |
| Switches/sec: | 194 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 633.64 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 29.26 KB | |
| steamTmp.exe |
| Memory: | 230.39 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0025027453% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00142709% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00107566% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 28,069,388 | |
| Switches/sec: | 334 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 1.77 MB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 2.18 MB | |
How do I remove Portal: First Slice?
You can uninstall Portal: First Slice from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Portal: First Slice, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Portal: First Slice.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 60%
Win XP 0%
|
|
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
|
|
USER ACTIONS
 |
Uninstall it 3%
Keep it 97%
|
|
Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
62.42% |
|
| Windows 10 |
29.09% |
|
| Windows Vista |
6.06% |
|
| Windows XP |
2.42% |
|
Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
44.65% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
12.23% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
8.87% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
7.95% |
|
| Windows 10 Home |
6.12% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
5.50% |
|
Geography
60.09% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
60.09% |
| United Kingdom |
8.12% |
| Germany |
7.19% |
| Canada |
4.41% |
| France |
3.94% |
| Australia |
2.78% |
| Sweden |
1.62% |
| Belgium |
0.93% |
| DK |
0.70% |
| Spain |
0.70% |
| Indonesia |
0.70% |
| Italy |
0.70% |
| Netherlands |
0.70% |
| Taiwan |
0.70% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Dell |
21.61% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
21.61% |
|
| Acer |
18.09% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
11.06% |
|
| ASUS |
9.55% |
|
| Toshiba |
6.03% |
|
| Lenovo |
4.02% |
|
| Alienware |
2.51% |
|
| Samsung |
2.51% |
|
| Intel |
2.01% |
|
| MSI |
1.01% |
|
Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
4.65% |
|
| Dell Dell System Inspir... |
3.10% |
|
| Gigabyte X58A-OC |
3.10% |
|
| ASUS All Series |
2.33% |
|
| HP 2000 Notebook PC |
2.33% |
|
| TOSHIBA Satellite L775D |
2.33% |
|
About Valve
Valve is a video game development and digital distribution company through Steam best known for its critically acclaimed product, Half-Life.
Publisher URL: www.valvesoftware.com