Workstation

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Display Name:Workstation

Service Name:LanmanWorkstation

Path to Executable:%windir%\system32\svchost.exe -k

Log On As:Local Service

Contents 1 Overview 2 System Requirements 3 Dependencies 4 Related How-To Geek Articles 5 See Also 6 References

Overview

Creates and maintains client network connections to remote servers using the SMB protocol. If this service is stopped, these connections will be unavailable. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.

System Requirements

Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista

Dependencies

This service depents on the following system components:

Browser

Network Store Interface Service

SMB 1.x MiniRedirector

SMB 2.0 MiniRedirector

The following system components depend on this service:

Computer Browser

Netlogon

Terminal Services Configuration

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