Smart Card

Windows Vista Service Details

Description:

Supports smart cards on your pc for authentication. I have not seen many computers utilizing this (some laptops), so if you enjoy this feature, then leave it enabled. However, it is likely that you do not even have a smartcard slot..

Service Description:

Manages access to smart cards read by this computer. If this service is stopped, this computer will be unable to read smart cards.

Consequences of Stopping:

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

Depends on:

Plug and Play

Required for:

None

Default Settings:

Home Basic: Manual

Home Premium: Manual

Business: Manual

Ultimate: Manual

Tweaked Settings:¹

Safe: Manual

Tweak: Disabled

Minimal: Disabled

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Service Information
Service Name: SCardSvr
Process Name:SCardSvr.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.}

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Home Basic:	Manual
Home Premium:	Manual
Business:	Manual
Ultimate:	Manual

Safe:	Manual
Tweak:	Disabled
Minimal:	Disabled