Windows Management Service - WINMGMT

The Windows Management service is the operating system component that contains the WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation Data) repository. On computers running Windows 98, the Windows Management service runs as a standard executable file called Winmgmt.exe. On computers running Windows NT/Windows 2000, the Windows Management service runs as a separate service process. On computers running Windows XP, the Windows Management service is implemented as a service process within SVCHOST. In all cases, the Windows Management service automatically starts when the first management application makes a call to connect.

It can be difficult to figure exactly which program or process is using either winmgmt or svchost. For this reason, it’s best to leave these files in place. Removing them could cause unpredictable problems.

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