Provides user experience theme management.
Used to display all those new XP themes and colors on your desktop. If you are memory conscious and do not care about the "new" XP look, disable this service to save RAM. I have observed between 4 MB to 12 MB of RAM used for the new themes.
Default XP Home: Automatic
Default XP Pro: Automatic
Safe Setting: Automatic
Service Name (registry): Themes
Display Name: Themes
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
Account: Local System Account
What service Themes needs to function properly:
What other service require Themes to function properly:
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