User Profile Service

Windows Vista Service Details

Description:

User management. If disabled, prepare for some fun times getting it set up. It tries to look for your desktop in the system32 directory, loses all your start menu settings, and Services won't run. I won't guarentee this will happen to you. Just reboot into safe mode if you get in to trouble.


Service Description:

Responsible for loading and unloading user profiles. If this service is stopped or disabled, users will no longer be able to successfully log on or log off, applications may have problems getting to users' data, and components registered to receive profile event notifications will not receive them.


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:


Application Information


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

Service Information

Service Name: ProfSvc
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.