Windows 7 Default Services
This is a listing of all Windows Services that I have on the web site.
A
- ActiveX Installer (AxInstSV)
- Adaptive Brightness
- Alerter
- APC Data Service
- APC UPS Service
- Application Experience
- Application Experience Lookup Service
- Application Host Helper Service
- Application Identity
- Application Information
- Application Layer Gateway Service
- Application Management
- ASP.NET State Service
- Automatic Updates
B
- Background Intelligent Transfer Service
- Background Tasks Infrastructure Service
- Base Filtering Engine
- BitLocker Drive Encryption Service
- Block Level Backup Engine Service
- Bluetooth Support Service
- Bonjour Service
- BranchCache
C
- Certificate Propagation
- Claims to Windows Token Service
- Client for NFS
- ClipBook
- CNG Key Isolation
- COM+ Event System
- COM+ System Application
- Computer Browser
- Credential Manager
- Cryptographic Services
D
- DCOM Server Process Launcher
- Desktop Window Manager Session Manager
- Device Association Service
- Device Install Service
- Device Setup Manager
- DFS Replication
- DHCP Client
- Diagnostic Policy Service
- Diagnostic Service Host
- Diagnostic System Host
- Disk Defragmenter
- Distributed Link Tracking Client
- Distributed Transaction Coordinator
- DNS Client
- DS Role Server
E
- Encrypting File System (EFS)
- Error Reporting Service
- Event Log
- Extensible Authentication Protocol
- Extensible Authentication Protocol Service
F
- Family Safety
- Fast User Switching Compatibility
- Fax
- File History Service
- FTP Publishing
- FTP Publishing Service
- Function Discovery Provider Host
- Function Discovery Resource Publication
G
H
- Health Key and Certificate Management
- Health Key and Certificate Management Service
- Help and Support
- HID Input Service
- HomeGroup Listener
- HomeGroup Provider
- HTTP SSL
- Human Interface Device Access
- Hyper-V Data Exchange Service
- Hyper-V Guest Shutdown Service
- Hyper-V Heartbeat Service
- Hyper-V Remote Desktop Virtualization Service
- Hyper-V Time Synchronization Service
- Hyper-V Volume Shadow Copy Requestor
I
- IAS Jet Database Access
- IIS Admin
- IIS Admin Service
- IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules
- IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service
- Indexing Service
- Interactive Services Detection
- Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
- IP Helper
- IPsec Policy Agent
- IPSEC Services
- IPv6 Helper Service
K
L
- Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper
- Local Session Manager
- Logical Disk Manager
- Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service
- LPD Service
M
- Media Center Extender Service
- Message Queuing
- Message Queuing Triggers
- Messenger
- MHN
- Microsoft .NET Framework NGEN v2.0.50727
- Microsoft Account Sign-in Assistant
- Microsoft FTP Service
- Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service
- Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider
- Multimedia Class Scheduler
N
- Net Logon
- Net.Msmq Listener Adapter
- Net.Pipe Listener Adapter
- Net.Tcp Listener Adapter
- Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service
- Netlogon
- NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing
- Network Access Protection Agent
- Network Connected Devices Auto-Setup
- Network Connections
- Network Connectivity Assistant
- Network DDE
- Network DDE DSDM
- Network List Service
- Network Location Awareness
- Network Location Awareness (NLA)
- Network Provisioning Service
- Network Store Interface Service
- NT LM Security Support Provider
O
P
- Parental Controls
- Peer Name Resolution Protocol
- Peer Networking
- Peer Networking Group Authentication
- Peer Networking Grouping
- Peer Networking Identity Manager
- Performance Logs & Alerts
- Performance Logs and Alerts
- Plug and Play
- PnP-X IP Bus Enumerator
- PNRP Machine Name Publication Service
- Portable Device Enumerator Service
- Portable Media Serial Number Service
- Power
- Print Spooler
- Problem Reports and Solutions Control Panel Support
- Program Compatibility Assistant Service
- Protected Storage
Q
R
- ReadyBoost
- Remote Access Auto Connection Manager
- Remote Access Connection Manager
- Remote Desktop Configuration
- Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
- Remote Desktop Services
- Remote Desktop Services UserMode Port Redirector
- Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
- Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator
- Remote Registry
- Removable Storage
- RIP Listener
- Routing and Remote Access
- RPC Endpoint Mapper
S
- SeaPort
- Secondary Logon
- Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol Service
- Security Accounts Manager
- Security Center
- Sensor Monitoring Service
- Server
- Shell Hardware Detection
- Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP)
- Simple TCP/IP Services
- SL UI Notification Service
- Smart Card
- Smart Card Removal Policy
- SNMP Service
- SNMP Trap
- SNMP Trap Service
- Software Licensing
- Software Protection
- Spot Verifier
- SPP Notification Service
- SSDP Discovery
- SSDP Discovery Service
- Still Image Acquisition Events
- Storage Service
- Superfetch
- System Event Notification
- System Event Notification Service
- System Events Broker
- System Restore Service
T
- Tablet PC Input Service
- Task Scheduler
- TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
- TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service
- TCP/IP Print Server
- TCP/IP Printer Server
- Telephony
- Telnet
- Terminal Services
- Terminal Services Configuration
- Terminal Services UserMode Port Redirector
- Themes
- Thread Ordering Server
- Time Broker
- Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service
- TPM Base Services
U
- Uninterruptible Power Supply
- Universal Plug and Play Device Host
- UPnP Device Host
- User Profile Service
V
W
- Web Management Service
- WebClient
- Windows All User Install Agent
- Windows Audio
- Windows Audio Endpoint Builder
- Windows Backup
- Windows Biometric Service
- Windows CardSpace
- Windows Color System
- Windows Connect Now – Config Registrar
- Windows Connection Manager
- Windows Defender
- Windows Defender Network Inspection Service
- Windows Defender Service
- Windows Driver Foundation – User-mode Driver Framework
- Windows Error Reporting Service
- Windows Event Collector
- Windows Event Log
- Windows Firewall
- Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
- Windows Font Cache Service
- Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)
- Windows Installer
- Windows Live Family Safety
- Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant
- Windows Management Instrumentation
- Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extension
- Windows Media Center Extender Service
- Windows Media Center Receiver Service
- Windows Media Center Scheduler Service
- Windows Media Center Service Launcher
- Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service
- Windows Modules Installer
- Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0
- Windows Process Activation Service
- Windows Remote Management (WS-Management)
- Windows Search
- Windows Store Service(WSService)
- Windows Time
- Windows Update
- Windows User Mode Driver Framework
- WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service
- Wired AutoConfig
- Wireless Zero Configuration
- WLAN AutoConfig
- WMI Performance Adapter
- Workstation
- World Wide Web Publishing
- World Wide Web Publishing Service
- WWAN AutoConfig
You’re my rock. With zero machine expertise, and with advice from experts (paid and ‘friends’) saying basically ‘don’t need to change any settings, just buy an expensive computer and then load it up with all kinds of third party sentinel software’ —I’ve worked my way through 8 years of running XP Home – naked and with judicious manual updating – on a perfectly adequate machine for my needs only because of your careful guide to services.
I’ve just bought a new machine and Win7 to run it, and am actually looking forward to reducing the boot time and power use with your guide at my side. More than that, I will positively enjoy reading in depth about each service because your individual articles set out the guts of the detail without the jargon.
Most importantly, I won’t be letting the new machine talk to the internet *until* I understand as much of each service as I can with your help.
Yes, I’ve donated but I thought it was about time I made the effort to write – Thanks so much for all your work!
You are very welcome and I appreciate your words of support as well as your donation.