CertPropSvc - Windows Vista Services
Certificate Propagation - CertPropSvc
What is this Windows Vista Service?
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Below is a description of this Windows Vista service:
# Service Name:
CertPropSvc
# Service Description:
Propagates certificates from smart cards.
# Default Settings:
Default setting in Windows Vista Home Basic is: Manual
Default setting in Windows Vista Home Premium is: Manual
Default setting in Windows Vista Business is: Manual
Default setting in Windows Vista Ultimate is: Manual
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This Windows service logs on as:
Local System
# The default path for this Windows service is:
%systemroot%\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
# This Windows service depends on the following system components:
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) > DCOM Server Process Launcher
# The following services have a dependency on this service:
None
Marc Says:
The Certificate Propagation service allows Smart Cards to supply trustworthy
root certificates, which is a secure method for logging onto in Vista. If
you don't use Smart Cards, you don't need this service however it is to
manual by default so there is nothing to be gained disabling it.
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