Vista's COM+ Event System Service

March 25th, 2007 · Leave a Comment · 2,332 views
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The COM+ Event System is one that you do not want to disable since many important services depend on it. It’s basically collects event information and passes it along to other services that need that information. Among the types of events it is aware of are logon and logoff, network status, screensaver status, and power level information. Features that rely on it include Windows Update and the Backup and Restore Center. Disable this one and you’ll have problems left and right.

Display Name:

COM+ Event System

Service Name:

EventSystem

Process Name:

svchost.exe

Description:

Supports System Event Notification Service (SENS), which provides automatic distribution of events to subscribing Component Object Model (COM) components. If the service is stopped, SENS will close and will not be able to provide logon and logoff notifications. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.

Path to Executable:

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

Default Startup:

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

Log On As:

Local Service

Desktop Interaction:

Depends On:

Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
- DCOM Server Process Launcher

Required For:

Background Intelligent Transfer Service
COM+ System Application
DFS Replication
SL UI Notification Service
System Event Notification Service
- COM+ System Application

Memory:

N/A

CPU:

N/A

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