Universal Plug and Play Device Host Service
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| Service Name: | upnphost | Process Name: |
svchost.exe -k LocalService |
| Safe to Disable: | Yes | Recommended Setting: |
Enable |
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Provides support to host Universal Plug and Play devices. Used in conjunction with SSDP Discovery Service, it detects and configures UPnP devices on your home network. Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is an architecture in Windows XP that supports peer-to-peer Plug and Play functionality for network devices. The UPnP specification is designed to simplify device and network service installation and management. UPnP performs device and service discovery and control through driverless, standards-based protocol mechanisms. Universal Plug and Play devices can automatically configure network addressing, announce their presence on a network subnet, and permit the exchange of device and service descriptions. A Windows XP-based computer can act as a UPnP control point to discover and control the devices through a Web or program interface. | ||
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Your computer will be unable to located uPnP devices on the network. | ||
| Dependencies: | HTTP; SSDP Discovery Service | ||
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