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What is the Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider (swprv) service?

What is the Microsoft Network Inspection (NisSrv) service?

What is the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator (MSiSCSI) service?

What is the Microsoft Antimalware (MsMpSvc) service?

What is the Media Center Extender Service (Mcx2Svc) service?

What is the Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper (lltdsvc) service?

What is the KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator (KtmRm) service?

What is the IPsec Policy Agent (PolicyAgent) service?

What is the IP Helper (iphlpsvc) service?

What is the Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) (SharedAccess) service?

What is the Interactive Services Detection (UI0Detect) service?

What is the IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules (IKEEXT) service?

Scan a custom location for virus and spyware activity using Microsoft Security Essentials

Scan your PC’s hot spots for virus and spyware activity using Microsoft Security Essentials

What is the Human Interface Device Access (hidserv) service?

What is the HomeGroup Provider (HomeGroupProvider) service?

What is the HomeGroup Listener (HomeGroupListener) service?

What is the Health Key and Certificate Management (hkmsvc) service?

What is the Group Policy Client (gpsvc) service?

What is the Function Discovery Resource Publication (FDResPub) service?

What is the Function Discovery Provider Host (fdPHost) service?

What is the Fax service?

What is the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EapHost) service?

What is the Encrypting File System (EFS) service?

What is the DNS Client (Dnscache) service?

What is the Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) service?

What is the Distributed Link Tracking Client (TrkWks) service?

What is the Disk Defragmenter (defragsvc) service?

Uninstall software from Windows 7

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Scan your entire PC for viruses and spyware using Microsoft Security Essentials

What is the Diagnostic System Host (WdiSystemHost) service?

What is the Diagnostic Service Host (WdiServiceHost) service?

Install Microsoft Security Essentials

What is the Diagnostic Policy Service (DPS) service?

Is my PC running the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows 7?

What is the DHCP Client (Dhcp) service?

Set Windows Live Photo Gallery to not automatically run after importing pictures and videos

Restore Windows Live Photo Gallery’s import options to their defaults

Set where Windows Live Photo Gallery saves imported pictures and videos

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