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Application Management

Default Description:

Provides software installation services such as Assign, Publish, and Remove.

Additional Information:

If you cannot modify your software installation of certain applications, put this service in to Automatic or Manual. If you have Windows XP Home Version, this service may be causing problems described in this knowledge base article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328213

I have not tested this, but for now, disable this service in Windows XP Home until installation of Service Pack 2.

Defaults Startup Type:

Default XP Home: Manual
Default XP Pro: Manual

Other Settings:

Safe Setting: Disabled

Service Names:

Service Name (registry): AppMgmt

Display Name: Application Management

Default Path and Command Line Options:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs

Log On As:

Account: Local System Account

Dependencies:

What service Application Management needs to function properly:

• None

What other service require Application Management to function properly:

• None