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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Service Display Name ?
(click a name for more information)
Short Name ?
Operating Systems ?
Startup Type ?
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
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
Castle Service CastleNT4/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
Cluster Service ?NT4/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
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
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
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
DNS Client DNSCacheNT4/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
Fax FaxNT4/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
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
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
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
Messenger MessengerNT4/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
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
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
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
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 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) 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
Server lanmanserverNT4/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
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
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
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
TridiaVNC Server winvncNT4/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
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
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
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 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 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 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 Unicast Service nsunicastNT4/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
Displaying 64 of 238 total services...

Filter Listing:
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.


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