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Essential Windows Services: Local Session Manager / LSM

In this article… What is the Local Session Manager (LSM) service? What happens if I stop Local Session Manager? Is it OK to disable the LSM service? Questions? Problems? What is the Local Session Manager (LSM) service? The Local Session … Continue reading

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Essential Windows Services: SysMain

In this article… What is SysMain? Why is SysMain using so much CPU and RAM? Is it OK to disable the SysMain Windows Service? Questions? Problems? What is SysMain? SysMain is a Windows Service that monitors the applications running on … Continue reading

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Essential Windows Services: Security Center / wscsvc

In this article… What is the Security Center (wscsvc) service? Technical information What happens if I stop Security Center? Is it OK to disable the Security Center service? Questions? Problems? What is the Security Center (wscsvc) service? The Security Center … Continue reading

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Essential Windows Services: Security Accounts Manager / SamSs

In this article… What is the Security Accounts Manager (SamSs) service? What happens if I stop SamSs? Is it OK to disable the Security Accounts Manager service? What happens if I kill the SamSs process (lsass.exe)? The SamSs service isn’t … Continue reading

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