Plug and Play

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Here’s one you definitely shouldn’t disable, and Vista doesn’t give you the ability to do so through Services.msc. Plug and Play (PnP) automatically discovers hardware attached to your computer, and helps make it operable. This shouldn’t be confused with UPnP, which is used to connect to devices via TCP over a network. Display Name: [...]

jpfieber on 22 January 2008

Here’s one you definitely shouldn’t disable, and Vista doesn’t give you the ability to do so through Services.msc. Plug and Play (PnP) automatically discovers hardware attached to your computer, and helps make it operable. This shouldn’t be confused with UPnP, which is used to connect to devices via TCP over a network.

Display Name:

Plug and Play

Service Name:

PlugPlay

Process Name:

svchost.exe

Description:

Enables a computer to recognize and adapt to hardware changes with little or no user input. Stopping or disabling this service will result in system instability.

Path to Executable:

%windir%\system32\svchost.exe -k DcomLaunch

Default Startup:

• Home Basic: Automatic
• Home Premium: Automatic
• Business: Automatic
• Enterprise: Automatic
• Ultimate: Automatic

Log On As:

Local System Account

Desktop Interaction:

No

Depends On:

None

Required For:

• Fax
• Smart Card
• Tablet PC Input Service
• Telephony
  • Fax
  • Remote Access Auto Connection Manager
  • Remote Access Connection Manager
    • Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
    • Remote Access Auto Connection Manager
    • Routing and Remote Access
• Virtual Disk
• Windows Audio Endpoint Builder
  • Windows Audio
• Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver framework

Memory:

N/A

CPU:

N/A

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Plug and Play

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