WMI Performance Adapter

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Below is a description of this Windows XP service:

WMI Performance Adapter

# Service Name:

wmiApSrv

# Service Description:

Provides performance library information from Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) providers to clients on the network. This service only runs when Performance Data Helper is activated.

# Default Settings:

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


# This Windows service logs on as:

Local System

# The default path for this Windows service is:

%systemroot%\system32\wbem\wmiapsrv.exe

# This Windows service depends on the following system components:

Remote Procedure Call (RPC)

# The following services have a dependency on this service:

None

Marc Says:

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is there to provide “scripting interfaces” that allow for easier remote management on business networks.

WMI Performance Adapter simply provides performance monitoring (data collection) abilities for WMI.