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 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
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
ClipBook ClipSrvNT4/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
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
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
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 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
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 Service faxNT4/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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Provisioning Service xmlprovNT4/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
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 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 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 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 Registry RemoteRegistryNT4/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
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
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
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 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
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
Smart Card SCardSvrNT4/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
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
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 Services TermServiceNT4/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
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
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 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
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
Workstation lanmanworkstationNT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H
NT4/S
2K/S 2K3 V/S
D H W S T M A
Displaying 88 of 238 total services...

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