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Security Accounts Manager

Default Description:

The startup of this service signals other services that the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) is ready to accept requests. Disabling this service will prevent other services in the system from being notified when the SAM is ready, which may in turn cause those services to fail to start correctly. This service should not be disabled.

Additional Information:

This is another service that cannot be disabled by using services.msc, nor change its state using a registry patch.

This service uses between 1MB and 5MB depending on system RAM.

Defaults Startup Type:

Default Vista Home Basic: Automatic (Started)
Default Vista Home Premium: Automatic (Started)
Default Vista Business: Automatic (Started)
Default Vista Ultimate: Automatic (Started)

Other Settings:

Safe Setting: Automatic

Service Names:

Service Name (registry): SamSs

Display Name: Security Accounts Manager

Default Path and Command Line Options:

C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe

Log On As:

Account: Local System Account

Dependencies:

What service Security Accounts Manager needs to function properly:

• Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
  • DCOM Server Process Launcher

What other service require Security Accounts Manager to function properly:

• Distributed Transaction Coordinator
• KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator
• Server
  • Computer Browser