Application Information

Windows Vista Service Details

Description:

AIS allows users to run applications as an administrator. You should leave this service set to manual.


Service Description:

Facilitates the running of interactive applications with additional administrative privileges. If this service is stopped, users will be unable to launch applications with the additional administrative privileges they may require to perform desired user tasks.


Consequences of Stopping:

If disabled you will be unable to run tools like Services and Regedit so leave it on manual! If disabled, it's really rather hard to turn it on again. Boot into safe mode to be able to access services again.
All services listed in 'Required For' will be unable to function


Depends on:

DCOM Server Process Launcher, Remote Procedure Call (RPC), User Profile Service


Required for:


None


Default Settings:
Home Basic:Manual
Home Premium:Manual
Business:Manual
Ultimate:Manual
Tweaked Settings:1
Safe:Manual
Tweak:Manual
Minimal:Manual
1: Use at your own risk. Check descriptions of terms here

Service Information

Service Name: Appinfo
Process Name:svchost.exe
Memory Usage(MB)2:
CPU Usage(%)3:
Running Type:
2: denotes typical memory usage. It may not be indicative of what usage you will see, but it should give you a rough idea. Make a comment below if you see otherwise.
3: denotes typical CPU usage when process is actually active. Many processes are not actively doing anything most of the time. Check running type for more details. All machines are different, so this number may not be indicative of what you will actually see.