Windows Management Instrumentation Service
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| Service Name: | winmgmt | Process Name: |
svchost.exe -k netsvcs |
| Safe to Disable: | No | Recommended Setting: |
Enable |
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Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) provides a common interface and object model to access management information about operating system, devices, applications and services. Provides system management information; required to implement performance alerts using Performance Logs and Alerts. Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is the infrastructure for management data and operations on Windows-based operating systems. You can write WMI scripts or applications to automate administrative tasks on remote computers but WMI also supplies management data to other parts of the operating system and products, for example System Center Operations Manager, formerly Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), or Windows Remote Management (WinRM). | ||
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If this service is stopped, most Windows based software will not function properly. System management and performance information will be unavailable. | ||
| Dependencies: | Event Log; Remote procedure Call (RPC); Security Center; Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) | ||
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