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