Certificate Propagation

Windows Vista Service Details

Description:

Smart Card certificate handling. Microsoft has included many smartcard services in Vista, but probably not too many people use them. Do not get these confused with memory cards, they are completely different things. SmartCards are used sometimes for logging into vista instead of a password. If you do not have a smartcard reader, this will never be enabled, so setting it to disabled will not affect system performance.


Service Description:

Propagates certificates from smart cards.


Consequences of Stopping:

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All services listed in 'Required For' will be unable to function


Depends on:

DCOM Server Process Launcher, Remote Procedure Call (RPC)


Required for:


None


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

Service Information

Service Name: CertPropSvc
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.