So I'm going through all the services installed by Vista SP1, in order to disable all but needed services for a high-security stand-alone computer. The documentation on this stuff is... somewhat lacking. For example, the "Description" field for the "Function Discovery Provider Host" service describes it as "Host process for Function Discovery providers". Gee, thanks.
Then you have things like the TechNet documentation, with gems like, "If the Diagnostic Policy service is not running, associated diagnostics for problem detection, troubleshooting, and resolution for Windows components will not run." So in other words, if you shut it off, things that need it won't work. Sheesh. Someone needs to tell Microsoft that there's more to documentation than just stringing words together into something that's grammatically correct. One third-party's comment sums this situation up pretty well: "From the sounds of that description, I don't think Microsoft knows what the service does." Not expecting a solution here. Just had to share. Happy Monday! -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
