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Vista's Cryptographic Services Service

March 31st, 2007 · 3 Comments · 7,833 views
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ServicesWith the importance of security in Vista, this is a service you’ll definitely be needing. Cryptographic Services is required for Windows Update and installing signed drivers, among other features of Vista. If you disable this, Vista will automatically set it back to Manual and start the service when needed, so there is little point in disabling it.

Display Name:
Cryptographic Services
Service Name:
CryptSvc
Process Name:
svchost.exe
Description:
Provides four management services: Catalog Database Service, which confirms the signatures of Windows files and allows new programs to be installed; Protected Root Service, which adds and removes Trusted Root Certification Authority certificates from this computer; Automatic Root Certificate Update Service, which retrieves root certificates from Windows Update and enable scenarios such as SSL; and Key Service, which helps enroll this computer for certificates. If this service is stopped, these management services will not function properly. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
Path to Executable:
%windir%\system32\svchost.exe -k Network Service
Default Startup:
  • Home Basic: Automatic
  • Home Premium: Automatic
  • Business: Automatic
  • Enterprise: Automatic
  • Ultimate: Automatic
Log On As:
Network Service
Desktop Interaction:
No
Depends On:
  • Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
    • DCOM Server Process Launcher
Required For:
None
Memory:
N/A
CPU:
N/A
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  • nick

    Oct 5, 2008 at 11:59 pm

    logging on to vista takes forever and randomly shows black screen for almost as long ?????

    I have tried disabling everything in msconfig and thought i narrowed it down to cryptographic service as without this on and everything else on the problem went away…. i was wrong its back after a reboot with confirming it still being off in msconfig the problem persists someone please help me !

  • Seth

    Oct 24, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    I had changed the log on to another personal account. It’s easy when you do it go to “log on” tab, then browse change it through ADVANCE when you use the button FIND NOW. Then choose your account and after that click ok and then it should have your user name and then you can stop it without it starting again, even when you restart your pc. Then when you do this start looking for a way to fix your pc.

  • Seth

    Oct 24, 2009 at 2:46 pm

    Do this through “Services” find Crypt Ser. then right click and then properties.

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