WilliamP said:
I had two EXE's to run on my system and I would like to
know what they are? And what they are for? C:
windows\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\helpsvc.exe and windows
system32\wben\wmiprvse.exe. Help please
The following information is from
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm
Helpsvc.exe:
"Microsoft Help Center Service – Windows XP. In our experience you
will only see this task running if you have Automatic Updates turned
ON or if you are in the process of running a Windows Update, or you
access the Windows XP Help, as this task’s main job is to install
Microsoft updates to the Windows XP Help and Support Center, and most
specifically, new Headlines. Microsoft’s description of Headlines :
"A useful feature of Help and Support Center is the Headlines area.
This area is typically titled "Did you know?" and is usually located
in the lower-right corner of the main window, unless the window has
been customized by the OEM or modified for certain languages. A page
in Help and Support Center with more Headlines is exposed to users
when they click the "View more headlines" hyperlink at the bottom of
the "Did you know?" section. Headlines provides a dynamic source of
content that users can visit frequently to find help and support on
current issues as well as those that were known at the time the
operating system was released. For example, it may display links to
topics that inform the user about new security bulletins, software
updates, or new Help content.".
Wmiprvse.exe:
"Windows Management Instrumentation Provider Service first introduced
in Windows XP, and then in Windows 2003. WMIPRVSE is a host process
for WMI provider services. It is a new Windows architecture intended
to eliminate the previous problems in Windows 2000 where the failure
of a WMI provider service would make the whole WMI service fail as,
then, WMI provider services were loaded in-process with the WMI
Service (a new request to WMI would restart the WMI Service). With
the new WMIPRVSE model, failure of a single WMI provider service
affects that service only rather than the entire WMI Service. For the
layman : this is an essential Windows XP/2003 service which will
start whenever a specific piece of software requires its facilities."
Hope this explains the situation.
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
