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Tools: Services Utility


Welcome to the Services Utility. This page contains most Windows services; their expected platforms, their default and desired startup types, and clicking on them gives you a very complete explanation of them. This utility contains a great amount of information for Windows services, and is able to be searched from the search box at the bottom. If you are unsure what services are or want more information on Windows services in general then please read my Windows Components guide on services. If you want to know the meaning of the columns and the color codings or if you want to know how to use the search box properly or for other explanations on how to use this page then please see the services legend / reference.

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Services Legend / Reference
Service Display Name ?
(click a name for more information)
Short Name ?
Operating Systems ?
Startup Type ?
Adobe LM Service Adobe LM ServiceNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Alerter AlerterNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Application Experience Lookup Service AeLookupSvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Application Layer Gateway Service ALGNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Application Management AppMgmtNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
ASP.NET State Service aspnet_stateNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Ati HotKey Poller Ati HotKey PollerNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
ATI Smart ATI SmartNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Audio/Video Real Time Service AvRtSvrNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Automatic Updates wuauservNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Background Intelligent Transfer Service BITSNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Base Firewall Engine BFENT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Biometric Resource Manager brmsvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Boot Information Negotiation Layer ?NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Castle Service CastleNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Certificate Propagation CertPropSvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Certificate Services CertSvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Client Service for NetWare NWCWorkstationNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
ClipBook ClipSrvNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
ClipBook Server ClipSrvNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Cluster Service ?NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
ColdFusion MX Application Server ColdFusion MX Application ServerNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
ColdFusion MX Application Server ColdFusion MX Application ServerNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
ColdFusion MX ODBC Server ColdFusion MX ODBC ServerNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
COM+ Event System EventSystemNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Computer Browser BrowserNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Computer Data Synchronization Manager RoverNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
COM+ System Application ComSysAppNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Creative Service for CDROM Access ?NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Cryptographic Services CryptSvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
DCOM Server Process Launcher DcomLaunchNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
DefWatch DefwatchNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
DHCP Client DhcpNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
DHCP Server ?NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Diagnostic Policy Service DPSNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Digital ID Management Service DIMSNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Directory Replicator ?NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Discovery Persistence Service Discovery Persistence ServiceNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Diskeeper DiskeeperNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Distributed File System DfsNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Distributed Link Tracking Client TrkWksNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Distributed Link Tracking Server TrkSvrNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Distributed Transaction Coordinator MSDTCNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
DNS Client DNSCacheNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
DNS Server DNSNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Error Reporting Service ERSvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Event Log EventLogNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Fast User Switching Compatibility FastUserSwitchingCompatibilityNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Fax FaxNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Fax Service faxNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
File Replication NtFrsNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
File Server for Macintosh MacFileNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
FireDaemon Service: * *NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Font Cache Service Font Cache ServiceNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
FTP Publishing MSFtpSvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Fusion Isolation Service Fusion Isolation ServiceNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Gateway Services for Netware ?NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Group Policy Client GPSvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Help and Support helpsvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
HP Web JetAdmin HPWebJetAdminNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
HTTP SSL HTTPFilterNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Human Interface Device Access HidServNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Hummingbird Inetd HCLInetdNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
IAA Event Monitor IAANTMONNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
IIS Admin Service IISADMINNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service IMAPIServiceNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Indexing Service CiSvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Infrared Monitor irmonNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Internet Authentication Service IASNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) - Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) SharedAccessNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Internet Connection Sharing SharedAccessNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Intersite Messaging ISMServNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
IPSEC Policy Agent PolicyAgentNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
IPSEC Services PolicyAgentNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
IPv6 Helper Service 6to4NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Kerberos Key Distribution Center kdcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Layer 2 Service L2SvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
License Logging LicenseServiceNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
LiveStats Data Collector livestats CollectorNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
LiveStats Reporting Server LiveStatsNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Location Discovery LocSvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service dmadminNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Logical Disk Manager dmserverNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Logon Hours LogonHoursNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Machine Debug Manager MDMNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Macromedia Licensing Service Macromedia Licensing ServiceNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
McAfee Firewall ?NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
McShield ?NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Message Queuing MSMQNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Message Queuing Triggers MSMQTriggersNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Messenger MessengerNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
MSSearch Gatherer swprvNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
MSSearch Indexer msidx35NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
MS Software Shadow Copy Provider SwPrvNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
MSSQLServerADHelper MSSQLServerADHelperNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
MSSQL$UDDI MSSQL$UDDINT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
MySql mysqlNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Net Logon NetlogonNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing mnnsrvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
.NET Runtime Optimization Service v* clr_optimization_v*NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Network Connections NetmanNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Network DDE DSDM NetDDEdsdmNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Network DDE NetDDENT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Network Location Awareness (NLA) NlaNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP) NntpSvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Network Provisioning Service xmlprovNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Network Store Interface Service NSINT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Norton Antivirus Client Norton Antivirus ServerNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
NT LM Security Support Provider NtLmSspNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
NUI Message Receiver ?NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
NVIDIA Driver Helper Service NVSvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Office Source Engine oseNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Offline Files Service CscServiceNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
On-line Presentation Broadcast NSLServiceNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
PCAudit Parental Control AuditingNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Peer Name Resolution Protocol PNRPSvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Peer Networking Group Authentication p2pgasvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Peer Networking Identity Manager p2pimsvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Peer Networking p2psvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Performance Logs and Alerts SysmonLogNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Plug and Play PlugPlayNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Portable Media Serial Number WmdmPmSNNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Print Server for Macintosh MacPrintNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Print Spooler SpoolerNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Protected Storage ProtectedStorageNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
QoS Admission Control (RSVP) ?NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
QoS RSVP RSVPNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Remote Access Auto Connection Manager RasAutoNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Remote Access Connection Manager RASManNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Remote Administration Service srvcsurgNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Remote Administrator Service r_serverNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager RDSessMgrNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Remote Packet Capture Protocol v.0 (experimental) rpcapdNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator RpcLocatorNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) RpcSsNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Service RpcSsNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Remote Registry RemoteRegistryNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Remote Server Manager appmgrNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Remote Storage Engine Remote_Storage_EngineNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Remote Storage File Remote_Storage_File_System_AdministratonNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Remote Storage Media Remote_Storage_SubsystemNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Remote Storage Notification Remote_Storage_User_LinkNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Remote Storage Server Remote_Storage_ServerNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Removable Storage NtmsSvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Resultant Set of Policy Provider RSoPProvNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
RIP Listener ipripNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Routing and Remote Access RemoteAccessNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
RsFx Service RsFxSvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
RunAs Service seclogonNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
SafeDocs Restore Service SDRSVCNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
SAM WinFS Account Store SamASNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
SAP Agent ?NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Secondary Logon seclogonNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Security Accounts Manager SamSsNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Security Center wscsvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Server lanmanserverNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Shell Hardware Detection ShellHWDetectionNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Simple Mail Transport Protocol SMTPSVCNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Simple TCP/IP Services SimpTcpNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Single Instant Storage Groveler ?NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Site Server ILS Service ?NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Smart Card Helper SCardDrvNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Smartcard Removal Policy SCPolicySvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Smart Card SCardSvrNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
SNMP Service SNMPNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
SNMP Trap Service SNMPTRAPNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Special Administration Console Helper sacsvrNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
SQLAgent$UDDI SQLAgent$UDDINT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
SSDP Discovery Service SSDPSRVNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Still Image Service StiSvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Symantec AntiVirus Client Symantec Antivirus ServerNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
System Event Notification SENSNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
System Maintenance Service sysmainNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
System Restore Service srserviceNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Task Scheduler ScheduleNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper LmHostsNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
TCP/IP Printer Server LPDSVCNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Tcp Transport Listener Service TcpTransportListenerNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Telephony Service TapiSrvNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Telephony TapiSrvNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Telnet TlntSvrNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Terminal Server Licensing TermServLicensingNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Terminal Services Session Directory tssdisNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Terminal Services TermServiceNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Terminal Services User Mode Device Redirector TermServDevicesNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Theme and Desktop Manager WinUxNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Themes ThemesNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
TridiaVNC Server winvncNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Trivial FTP Daemon ?NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Uninterruptible Power Supply UPSNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Universal Plug and Play Device Host upnphostNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Upload Manager uploadmgrNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
User Profile Hive Cleanup UPHCleanNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Utility Manager UtilManNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Virtual Disk Service vdsNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
VMware Authorization Service VMAuthdServiceNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
VMware DHCP Service VMnetDHCPNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
VMware NAT Service VMWare NAT ServiceNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
VMware Tools Service VMToolsNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
VNC Server Version 4 WinVNC4NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
VNC Server WinVNCNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Volume Shadow Copy VSSNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Volume Snapshot ?NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
WebClient WebClientNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Web Element Manager elementmgrNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows Audio AudioSrvNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
WindowsEventForwardingService WindowsEventForwardingServiceNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows Event Log WINEVTNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows File Promotion Manager WinFPMNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows Filestream Agent FSAgentNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows File System WinFSNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) SharedAccessNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows Future Storage ?NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) stisvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows Installer MSIServerNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) WINSNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions WmiNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows Management Instrumentation winmgmtNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows Media Connect (WMC) Helper WmcCdsLsNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows Media Connect (WMC) WmcCdsNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows Media Monitor Service nsmonitorNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows Media Program Service nsprogramNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows Media Services WMServerNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows Media Station Service nsstationNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows Media Unicast Service nsunicastNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows Service Pack Installer update service spupdsvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows Time W32TimeNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Windows User Mode Driver Framework UMWdfNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
WinFS Rules WinFSRulesNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service WinHttpAuthProxySvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Wireless Configuration WZCSVCNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Wireless Zero Configuration WZCSVCNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
WMDM PMSP Service ?NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
WMI Config WcmSvcNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
WMI.jobs WMIJOBSNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
WMI Performance Adapter WmiApSrvNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
Workstation lanmanworkstationNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
World Wide Web Publishing Service W3SVCNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S		D H W S T M A
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NT4 WorkstationNT4 Server
2000 Professional2000 Server
XP Home / ProfessionalServer 2003
Vista HomeVista Business
Third Party or Non-Default
Select the operating systems to display relevant services. You can click on an OS name to display those services or select multiple and press the search / filter button.


Search allows you to search using + (and), - (not) and " (phrase). See the legend/reference for details.

Services Legend and Reference

  • Service: A feature of Windows that runs in the background to accomplish a specific task. Traditionally this was a complete product such as a web server, but in Windows the services are modular components that work seamlessly in the background to provide features such as networking capabilities or just act to as a supplement to other programs.
  • Daemon: This is the name that Unix based operating systems call services. It's a Greek word that means "an attendant power or spirit". However, it was given this name because of what the word means in English, and the Greek meaning just provided a serious tone to a joke.
  • Display Name: The name that Windows externally identifies the service as. This could also be considered a short description.
  • Short Name: The true name of the service, which Windows uses internally to address the service.
  • Operating Systems: This column defines whether a service exists for a particular operating system. If an OS logo is gray then that service is not native to that operating system. If an OS logo is purple then it is native to that operating system. However, it should be noted that many services are from third parties and as such aren't native to any operating system. Also, some operating systems do not install the services by default, but these are still considered native. NT4/W represents Windows NT4 Workstation and NT4/S represents NT4 Server, 2K/P represents Windows 2000 Professional and 2K/S represents the Windows 2000 Server family, XP/HP represents Windows XP Home and Professional and 2K3/S represents the Windows Server 2003 family, and LH/H represents the alpha of Windows Longhorn 4074 as a home edition and LH/S represents a theoretical server version of Longhorn.
  • Description: This is the description that was written by the author of the service. In the case of system services these are the words from Microsoft.
  • Executable: The executable is the program file that is run when this service is called. Many services use svchost.exe as a wrapper for a DLL, which I define as the library.
  • Library: Defines the associated library if there is one. Services that use a wrapper, such as svchost.exe or services.exe, will use a library.
  • Dependencies: This is a list of services that this service relies upon to function.
  • Supports: This is a list of services that depend on this service.
  • Explanation: This is my explanation of what the service is and does. I will usually start with a complicated explanation and then say it in more generic terms, followed by my recommendations for the service.
  • Startup Type: This contains the default and recommended modes of execution.
    • Color Designations
      • Automatic (color green): The state in which a service, represented by the color green, executes automatically on the boot of the operating system.
      • Manual (color yellow): A manual service, represented by the color yellow, is a service that is waiting to be used. It does not consume memory or CPU cycles, but if another program needs the functionality it provides then it will start when asked to. In some cases manual services will terminate once they have completed their queued requests.
      • Disabled (color red): A service that cannot be started manually or automatically if it is disabled is represented by the color red. In order to start a disabled service it must be set to manual or automatic first. If a service is disabled while it is running then it will not automatically stop.
    • Letter Designations
      • Default (letter D): The default startup type represents the state in which services come without user intervention. This could also be considered the safe configuration because it is what Microsoft and 3rd parties recommend their services to be set to.
      • Home (letter H): These are the service startup settings that I suggest for the typical home user. These reduce the number of insecure services, but aren't radical enough that they should break compatability with anything.
      • Workstation (letter W): For a workstation machine I would recommend using these startup types. I define a workstation as a computer that operates on a corporate network so it involves a good deal of interaction with a server. As such the startup types could vary from network to network so it is important you read the details on the services you alter.
      • Server (letter S): A server configuration means that the system is designed for use as a provider for Internet/Intranet functions; such as a web (HTTP) server, an FTP server, a telnet server, domain (active directory) serving, etc. If you are running a server then it is very important that you understand which servers to disable and which not to.
      • Tweaked (letter T): This represents the suggested state for a power user. You should only use this as a baseline, and then enable services that you need.
      • Minimal (letter M): This defines which services are required for system boot and which are not, so this represents the lowest level to which you can set the service. Therefore, if it is green then it must be set to automatic, if it is yellow then it must be at least set to manual and if it is red then it can be safely disabled. Setting the service to anything below the minimum setting will compromise the integrity of the system.
      • Autostart (letter A): Services that execute automatically on boot are placed in this group. A green letter "A" indicates the service autostarts, and a red letter "A" indicates that it does not. This does not indicate if the service will autostart under other circumstances, but just that it does under a typical boot.
  • Search Box (Filter): The search box can be used to filter services that contain or do not contain specific text or a phrase of text. Typical words entered into the search box use the boolean AND. This means if you search for " corporate network " it will filter and display all services that contain both the words " corporate " and " network " in their default description, in my expanation, in their library, in their executable, in their name or in their display name. However, you may want to search for all services that contain the word network, but not the word corporate. This can be done with the - (minus) symbol. In this case you would search for " -corporate network " and all the services that contain network, but not corporate, will be displayed. It should be noted that the + (plus) symbol can be used to represent that you wanted it included, but since that's the default behavior it is unnecessary. Also you may want to search for phrases. So instead of just looking for the words corporate and network, what if you want them as a phrase instead of two words in the same description? Well, you could use the " (quote) symbol which can be used to enclose phrases. In this example you could look for " "corporate network" " and only the phrase will be displayed. It should be noted that + and - work on quotes too so you could search for " -"corporate network" " as well and it would exclude that from the filtered list. And you should keep in mind that you can have some words included, some excluded, some phrases included and some phrases excluded and it will filter properly. So, you don't need to stick to a single search mechanism.