Cryptographic Services

Windows Vista Service Details

Description:

Checks signed software and manages Root Certificates, etc. Windows Update will automatically set this to manual if you run it even if disabled. Needed for checking for signed drivers, etc.

Service Description:

Provides four management services: Catalog Database Service, which confirms the signatures of Windows files and allows new programs to be installed; Protected Root Service, which adds and removes Trusted Root Certification Authority certificates from this computer; Automatic Root Certificate Update Service, which retrieves root certificates from Windows Update and enable scenarios such as SSL; and Key Service, which helps enroll this computer for certificates. If this service is stopped, these management services will not function properly. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.

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: