Windows Services Information
This is a listing of all Windows Services information that I have on the website: updated February 2, 2017. Windows 10 Service updates are in progress to include the Creators Update slated for release April 2017. Most of these are installed by default, but I have included some other popular services installed by applications or drivers.
A
- ActiveX Installer (AxInstSV)
- AllJoyn Router Service
- App Readiness
- 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
- AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC)
- 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 Handsfree Service
- Bluetooth Support Service
- Bonjour Service
- BranchCache
C
- CDPSvc
- Certificate Propagation
- Claims to Windows Token Service
- Client for NFS
- Client License Service (ClipSVC)
- ClipBook
- CNG Key Isolation
- COM+ Event System
- COM+ System Application
- Computer Browser
- CoreMessaging
- Credential Manager
- Cryptographic Services
D
- Data Sharing Service
- DataCollectionPublishingService
- DCOM Server Process Launcher
- Delivery Optimization
- Desktop Window Manager Session Manager
- Device Association Service
- Device Install Service
- Device Management Enrollment Service
- Device Setup Manager
- DevQuery Background Discovery Broker
- DFS Replication
- DHCP Client
- Diagnostic Policy Service
- Diagnostic Service Host
- Diagnostic System Host
- Diagnostics Tracking Service
- Disk Defragmenter
- Distributed Link Tracking Client
- Distributed Transaction Coordinator
- dmwappushsvc
- DNS Client
- Downloaded Maps Manager
- DS Role Server
E
- embeddedmode
- Encrypting File System (EFS)
- Enterprise App Management Service
- 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
- Geolocation Service
- Group Policy Client
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
- Human Interface Device Service
- Hyper-V Data Exchange Service
- Hyper-V Guest Service Interface
- Hyper-V Guest Shutdown Service
- Hyper-V Heartbeat Service
- Hyper-V Remote Desktop Virtualization Service
- Hyper-V Time Synchronization Service
- Hyper-V VM Session 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)
- Internet Explorer ETW Collector Service
- 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 (R) Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service
- Microsoft .NET Framework NGEN v2.0.50727
- Microsoft Account Sign-in Assistant
- Microsoft FTP Service
- Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service
- Microsoft Passport
- Microsoft Passport Container
- Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider
- Microsoft Storage Spaces SMP
- Microsoft Windows SMS Router Service
- 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 Connection Broker
- Network Connections
- Network Connectivity Assistant
- Network DDE
- Network DDE DSDM
- Network List Service
- Network Location Awareness
- Network Location Awareness (NLA)
- Network Provisioning Service
- Network Setup 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
- Printer Extensions and Notifications
- 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
- Retail Demo Service
- RIP Listener
- Routing and Remote Access
- RPC Endpoint Mapper
S
- SeaPort
- Secondary Logon
- Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol Service
- Security Accounts Manager
- Security Center
- Sensor Data Service
- Sensor Monitoring Service
- Sensor Service
- Server
- Shell Hardware Detection
- Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP)
- Simple TCP/IP Services
- SL UI Notification Service
- Smart Card
- Smart Card Device Enumeration Service
- 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
- State Repository 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
- Tile Data model server
- Time Broker
- Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service
- TPM Base Services
U
- Uninterruptible Power Supply
- Universal Plug and Play Device Host
- Update Orchestrator Service
- UPnP Device Host
- User Manager
- User Profile Service
V
W
- W3C Logging Service
- WalletService
- 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 Encryption Provider Host Service
- 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 License Manager Service
- Windows Live Family Safety
- 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 Mobile Hotspot Service
- Windows Modules Installer
- Windows MultiPoint Server Host Service
- Windows MultiPoint Server Repair Service
- Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0
- Windows Process Activation Service
- Windows Push Notifications 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
- Work Folders
- Workstation
- World Wide Web Publishing
- World Wide Web Publishing Service
- WWAN AutoConfig
X
- Xbox Live Auth Manager
- Xbox Live Game Save
- XboxNetApiSvc