Windows Management Instrumentation Service In Windows XP

 Windows Management Instrumentation Service

1. Service Name: Winmgmt

2. Service Description:

Provides a common interface and object model to access management information about operating system, devices, applications and services. If this service is stopped, most Windows-based software will not function properly. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.

3. Default Settings:

• Default setting in Windows XP Professional: Automatic
• Default setting in Windows XP Home: Automatic

4. This Windows service logs on as: Local System

5. The default path for this Windows service is:

%systemroot%\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs

6. This Windows service depends on the following system components:

• Remote Procedure Call (RPC)

7. The following services have a dependency on this service:

1. Security Center
2. Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)