Function Discovery Provider Host (fdPHost)

Registry Name:

fdPHost

Display Name:

Function Discovery Provider Host

Description:

The FDPHOST service hosts the Function Discovery (FD) network discovery providers. These FD providers supply network discovery services for the Simple Services Discovery Protocol (SSDP) and Web Services – Discovery (WS-D) protocol. Stopping or disabling the FDPHOST service will disable network discovery for these protocols when using FD. When this service is unavailable, network services using FD and relying on these discovery protocols will be unable to find network devices or resources.

Default Status:

Stopped

Default Startup Type:

Manual

Image Path:

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

DLL File Path:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\fdPHost.dll

Dependencies:

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

• RpcSs
• http

System components that depend on this service to function properly:

• FDResPub

Log On As:

NT AUTHORITY\LocalService

Additional Information:

None at this time