Network DDE

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Below is a description of this Windows XP service:

Network DDE

# Service Name:

NetDDE

# Service Description:

Provides network transport and security for Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) for programs running on the same computer or on different computers. If this service is stopped, DDE transport and security will be unavailable. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.

# Default Settings:

Default setting in Windows XP Professional: Disabled
Default setting in Windows XP Home: Disabled


# This Windows service logs on as:

Local System

# The default path for this Windows service is:

%systemroot%\system32\netdde.exe

# This Windows service depends on the following system components:

Network DDE DSDM

# The following services have a dependency on this service:

None

Marc Says:

This Windows service only seems to be used by Windows chat ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308232 ) and ClipBook. On installing Windows XP Service Pack 2, this service is set from Manual to Disabled by default. The Network DDE service manages trusted shares on the network.