System Service details for 3e8b4a3477f0b7c0471bd850adc4c286

Registry Key

VSS

Display Name

Volume Shadow Copy

Description

Manages and implements Volume Shadow Copies used for backup and other purposes. If this service is stopped, shadow copies will be unavailable for backup and the backup may fail. BlackViper.com adds: Used in conjunction with the MS Software Shadow Copy Provider service. Microsoft Backup also uses these services. You will receive, in the Event Log, an entry complaining about not having this service running if disabled. I have yet to find a side effect, though. If you do not like the errors, place it in Manual. By keeping it out of Automatic, you will save about 3.0 MB of memory.

Image Path

%SystemRoot%\System32\vssvc.exe

Image MD5 Hash

3EE00364AE0FD8D604F46CBAF512838A

Object Name

LocalSystem