Windows Management Instrumentation (Winmgmt)Windows Management Instrumentation (Winmgmt)

Registry Name:

Winmgmt

Display Name:

Windows Management Instrumentation

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.

Default Status:

Running

Default Startup Type:

Automatic

Image Path:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs -p

DLL File Path:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\WMIsvc.dll

Dependencies:

The service depends on the following system components to function properly:

System components that depend on this service to function properly:

  • None
Log On As:

localSystem

Additional Information:

None at this time