Secondary Logon

General Information

None at this time

Windows 8

Default Description

Enables starting processes under alternate credentials. If this service is stopped, this type of logon access will be unavailable. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.

Additional Information

None at this time.

Default Startup Type

Service Names

Service Name (registry): seclogon

Display Name: Secondary Logon

Default Path and Command Line Options

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

Log On As

Account: Local System account

Dependencies

Note: No dependencies are listed for any service in the WDP build I used to draft this information.

Windows 7

Default Description

Enables starting processes under alternate credentials. If this service is stopped, this type of logon access will be unavailable. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.

Additional Information

I have never found a reason to keep this service running. I have always considered “Alternate Credentials” someone other than me. Not my idea of fun… Really, though, it allows a “limited user” account to start an application or process with higher privileges, such as the Administrator account or another user. You can also have a privileged user start an application or process with limited privileged account. If you right-click a file, the menu will display “Run As” option. If you disable this service, that function will no longer be available.

Default Startup Type

Service Names

Service Name (registry): seclogon

Display Name: Secondary Logon

Default Path and Command Line Options

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

Log On As

Account: Local System account

Dependencies

What service Secondary Logon needs to function properly:

• None (S, HB, HP, P, U, E)

What other service require Secondary Logon to function properly:

• Telnet (S, HB, HP, P, U, E)

Windows Vista

Default Description

Enables starting processes under alternate credentials. If this service is stopped, this type of logon access will be unavailable. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.

Additional Information

I have never found a reason to keep this service running. I have always considered “Alternate Credentials” someone other than me. Not my idea of fun… Really, though, it allows a “limited user” account to start an application or process with higher privileges, such as the Administrator account or another user. You can also have a privileged user start an application or process with limited privileged account. If you right-click a file, the menu will display “Run As” option. If you disable this service, that function will no longer be available.

Default Startup Type

Service Names

Service Name (registry): seclogon

Display Name: Secondary Logon

Default Path and Command Line Options

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

Log On As

Account: Local System Account

Dependencies

What service Secondary Logon needs to function properly:

• None (HB, HP, B, U)

What other service require Secondary Logon to function properly:

• None (HB, HP, B, U)

Windows XP Pro x64

Default Description

Enables starting processes under alternate credentials. If this service is stopped, this type of logon access will be unavailable. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.

Additional Information

I have never found a reason to keep this service running. I have always considered “Alternate Credentials” someone other than me. Not my idea of fun… Really, though, it allows a “limited user” account to start an application or process with higher privileges, such as the Administrator account or another user. You can also have a privileged user start an application or process with limited privileged account. If you right-click a file, the menu will display “Run As” option. If you disable this service, that function will no longer be available.

Default Startup Type

Service Names

Service Name (registry): seclogon

Display Name: Secondary Logon

Default Path and Command Line Options

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

Log On As

Account: Local System Account (Allow service to interact with desktop)

Dependencies

What service Secondary Logon needs to function properly:

• None

What other service require Secondary Logon to function properly:

• None

Windows XP

Default Description

Enables starting processes under alternate credentials. If this service is stopped, this type of logon access will be unavailable. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.

Additional Information

I have never found a reason to keep this service running. I have always considered “Alternate Credentials” someone other than me. Not my idea of fun… Really, though, it allows a “limited user” account to start an application or process with higher privileges, such as the Administrator account or another user. You can also have a privileged user start an application or process with limited privileged account. If you right-click a file, the menu will display “Run As” option. If you disable this service, that function will no longer be available.

Default Startup Type

Service Names

Service Name (registry): seclogon

Display Name: Secondary Logon

Default Path and Command Line Options

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

Log On As

Account: Local System Account (Allow service to interact with desktop)

Dependencies

What service Secondary Logon needs to function properly:

• None (H, M, P, T)

What other service require Secondary Logon to function properly:

• None (H, M, P, T)

Additional Reading

None at this time.