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
ClipBook Server ClipSrvNT4/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
DHCP Client DhcpNT4/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
Event Log EventLogNT4/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 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
FTP Publishing MSFtpSvcNT4/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
Messenger MessengerNT4/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
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
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
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
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
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
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) Service RpcSsNT4/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
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 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
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
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 Restore Service srserviceNT4/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
Telephony Service TapiSrvNT4/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
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
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 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 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
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
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
Displaying 50 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.