Health Key and Certificate Management

Default Description:

Provides X.509 certificate and key management services for the Network Access Protection Agent (NAPAgent). Enforcement technologies that use X.509 certificates may not function properly without this service.

Additional Information:

I am unaware of any applications that use this feature.

Defaults Startup Type:

Default Vista Home Basic: Manual
Default Vista Home Premium: Manual
Default Vista Business: Manual
Default Vista Ultimate: Manual

Other Settings:

Safe Setting: Disabled *

Service Names:

Service Name (registry): hkmsvc

Display Name: Health Key and Certificate Management

Default Path and Command Line Options:

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs

Log On As:

Account: Local System Account

Dependencies:

What service Health Key and Certificate Management needs to function properly:

• Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
  • DCOM Server Process Launcher

What other service require Health Key and Certificate Management to function properly:

• None