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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 Experience Lookup Service	AeLookupSvc	NT4/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	ALG	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
Background Intelligent Transfer Service	BITS	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Base Firewall Engine	BFE	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
Castle Service	Castle	NT4/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	NWCWorkstation	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
ClipBook Server	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
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
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
DCOM Server Process Launcher	DcomLaunch	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
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
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
Error Reporting Service	ERSvc	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 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
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	GPSvc	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 Firewall (ICF) - 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
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
IPv6 Helper Service	6to4	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
Messenger	Messenger	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
Network Location Awareness (NLA)	Nla	NT4/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)	NntpSvc	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Network Provisioning Service	xmlprov	NT4/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	NSI	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Office Source Engine	ose	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Offline Files Service	CscService	NT4/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	PNRPSvc	NT4/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	p2pgasvc	NT4/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	p2pimsvc	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Peer Networking	p2psvc	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 Packet Capture Protocol v.0 (experimental)	rpcapd	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 Procedure Call (RPC) Service	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
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
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
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
SSDP Discovery Service	SSDPSRV	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
Themes	Themes	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
TridiaVNC Server	winvnc	NT4/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	upnphost	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Upload Manager	uploadmgr	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
VMware DHCP Service	VMnetDHCP	NT4/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 Service	NT4/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	WinVNC4	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
VNC Server	WinVNC	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
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 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 Media Connect (WMC) Helper	WmcCdsLs	NT4/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)	WmcCds	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 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 Time	W32Time	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
Wireless Zero Configuration	WZCSVC	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
Workstation	lanmanworkstation	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A

Displaying 81 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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