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Parental Controls

Default Description:

This service enables Windows Parental Controls on the system. If this service is not running, Parental controls will not work.

Additional Information:

Great, I am going to get a lot of kids e-mailing me about this one...

If you have no need for controlling your children (as in, you do not have any), this service can safely be disabled.

More information on this feature is available here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/parentalcontrols.mspx

Defaults Startup Type:

Default Vista Home Basic: Manual
Default Vista Home Premium: Manual
Default Vista Business: Not Installed
Default Vista Ultimate: Manual

Other Settings:

Safe Setting: Disabled *

Service Names:

Service Name (registry): WPCSvc

Display Name: Parental Controls

Default Path and Command Line Options:

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalServiceNetworkRestricted

Log On As:

Account: Local Service

Dependencies:

What service Parental Controls needs to function properly:

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

What other service require Parental Controls to function properly:

• None

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