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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 ?
Alerter	Alerter	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Application Management	AppMgmt	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Automatic Updates	wuauserv	NT4/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
Certificate Services	CertSvc	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
ClipBook	ClipSrv	NT4/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
COM+ Event System	EventSystem	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Computer Browser	Browser	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
COM+ System Application	ComSysApp	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Cryptographic Services	CryptSvc	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
DHCP Client	Dhcp	NT4/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
Directory Replicator	?	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Distributed File System	Dfs	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	TrkWks	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 Server	TrkSvr	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Distributed Transaction Coordinator	MSDTC	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
DNS Client	DNSCache	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
DNS Server	DNS	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Event Log	EventLog	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Fax	Fax	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
File Replication	NtFrs	NT4/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	MacFile	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
FTP Publishing	MSFtpSvc	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
HTTP SSL	HTTPFilter	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
IIS Admin Service	IISADMIN	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Indexing Service	CiSvc	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Infrared Monitor	irmon	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Internet Authentication Service	IAS	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Internet Connection Sharing	SharedAccess	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Intersite Messaging	ISMServ	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
IPSEC Policy Agent	PolicyAgent	NT4/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	kdc	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
License Logging	LicenseService	NT4/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	dmadmin	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Logical Disk Manager	dmserver	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Message Queuing	MSMQ	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Message Queuing Triggers	MSMQTriggers	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Messenger	Messenger	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
MSSQL$UDDI	MSSQL$UDDI	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Net Logon	Netlogon	NT4/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	mnnsrvc	NT4/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	Netman	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Network DDE DSDM	NetDDEdsdm	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Network DDE	NetDDE	NT4/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	NtLmSsp	NT4/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	NSLService	NT4/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	SysmonLog	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Plug and Play	PlugPlay	NT4/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	MacPrint	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Print Spooler	Spooler	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Protected Storage	ProtectedStorage	NT4/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	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	RasAuto	NT4/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	RASMan	NT4/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	RpcLocator	NT4/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)	RpcSs	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Remote Registry	RemoteRegistry	NT4/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_Engine	NT4/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_Administraton	NT4/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_Subsystem	NT4/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_Link	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Removable Storage	NtmsSvc	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
RIP Listener	iprip	NT4/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	RemoteAccess	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
RunAs Service	seclogon	NT4/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
Security Accounts Manager	SamSs	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Server	lanmanserver	NT4/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	SMTPSVC	NT4/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	SimpTcp	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	SCardDrv	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Smart Card	SCardSvr	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
SNMP Service	SNMP	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
SNMP Trap Service	SNMPTRAP	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Still Image Service	StiSvc	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
System Event Notification	SENS	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
System Restore Service	srservice	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Task Scheduler	Schedule	NT4/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	LmHosts	NT4/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	LPDSVC	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Telephony	TapiSrv	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Telnet	TlntSvr	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Terminal Server Licensing	TermServLicensing	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Terminal Services	TermService	NT4/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	UPS	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Utility Manager	UtilMan	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Volume Shadow Copy	VSS	NT4/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	WebClient	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Web Element Manager	elementmgr	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Windows Audio	AudioSrv	NT4/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)	SharedAccess	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)	stisvc	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Windows Installer	MSIServer	NT4/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)	WINS	NT4/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	Wmi	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Windows Management Instrumentation	winmgmt	NT4/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	nsmonitor	NT4/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	nsprogram	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Windows Media Services	WMServer	NT4/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	nsstation	NT4/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	nsunicast	NT4/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	spupdsvc	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Windows Time	W32Time	NT4/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	UMWdf	NT4/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	WinHttpAuthProxySvc	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
WMI Performance Adapter	WmiApSrv	NT4/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	W3SVC	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A

Displaying 113 of 238 total services...

NT4 Workstation	NT4 Server
2000 Professional	2000 Server
XP Home / Professional	Server 2003
Vista Home	Vista Business
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