Connected User Experiences and Telemetry (DiagTrack) Windows Service Startup Type, Default Configuration, and Information

Registry Name

DiagTrack

Display Name

Connected User Experiences and Telemetry

Description

The Connected User Experiences and Telemetry service enables features that support in-application and connected user experiences. Additionally, this service manages the event driven collection and transmission of diagnostic and usage information (used to improve the experience and quality of the Windows Platform) when the diagnostics and usage privacy option settings are enabled under Feedback and Diagnostics.

For more information, see the Additional Information section.

Default Status

Running

Default Startup Type

Automatic

Image Path

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k utcsvc -p

DLL File Path

C:\WINDOWS\system32\diagtrack.dll

Dependencies

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

RpcSs

System components that depend on this service to function properly:

None

Log On As

LocalSystem

Additional Information

The Connected User Experiences and Telemetry service sends diagnostic data and usage information to Microsoft. This service can safely be disabled to disable the Windows telemetry and optimize Windows performance.