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 ?
Alerter AlerterNT4/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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Registry RemoteRegistryNT4/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
Themes ThemesNT4/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
Windows Time W32TimeNT4/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
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
Displaying 24 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.


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