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Vista's Computer Browser Service

ServicesThe Computer Browser service looks around your network to gather information on available workgroups or domains, computers and other networked equipment that supports the NetBIOS protocol. If you like to browse to shares or printers on other computers using the Network window (formerly Network Neighborhood), then you’ll want to keep this on automatic, otherwise, you can probably disable it. If your network consists of one computer connected to the internet, then you can safely disable this service with no loss of functionality.

Display Name:
Computer Browser
Service Name:
Browser
Process Name:
svchost.exe
Description:
Maintains an updated list of computers on the network and supplies this list to computers designated as browsers. If this service is stopped, this list will not be updated or maintained. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
Path to Executable:
%windir%\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
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:
  • Server
    • Security Accounts Manager
      • Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
        • DCOM Server Process Launcher
  • Workstation
Required For:
None
Memory:
N/A
CPU:
N/A
Do you know something about this service that I don't? Please leave a comment below so I, and everyone else reading this, can benefit from your knowledge!

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