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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 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
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
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
ClipBook	ClipSrv	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
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
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 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
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
Fast User Switching Compatibility	FastUserSwitchingCompatibility	NT4/W 2K/P XP/HP V/H NT4/S 2K/S 2K3 V/S	D H W S T M A
Fax Service	fax	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
Help and Support	helpsvc	NT4/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	HidServ	NT4/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	IMAPIService	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
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
IPSEC Services	PolicyAgent	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
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
MS Software Shadow Copy Provider	SwPrv	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
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 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
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
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
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
Portable Media Serial Number	WmdmPmSN	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 Desktop Help Session Manager	RDSessMgr	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
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
Secondary Logon	seclogon	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
Shell Hardware Detection	ShellHWDetection	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
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
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
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 Services	TermService	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
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
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
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 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
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
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 88 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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