WMSvc.exe
Internet Information Services by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
wmsvc.exe has 4 known versions, the most recent one is 8.0.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247). It is started as a Windows Service called 'Web Management Service' with the name 'WMSVC' and described as “The Web Management Service enables remote and delegated management capabilities for administrators to manage for the Web server, sites and applications present on this machine.”. . It is run under the context of the LOCAL SERVICE account. The average file size is about 10.38 KB. This is a .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) assembly. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0000% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 1.24 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 3.01 MB.
What is wmsvc.exe?
IIS Manager Service is part of IIS. Internet Information Services (IIS) is a web server application and set of feature extension modules created by Microsoft for use with Microsoft Windows.
About wmsvc.exe (from Microsoft)
“IIS (Internet Information Services) is a secure, reliable, and scalable Web server that provides an easy to manage platform for developing and hosting Web applications and services.”
 Details
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| File name: | wmsvc.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Internet Information Services |
| Description: | IIS Manager Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\wmsvc.exe |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | WMSVC |
| Display name: | Web Management Service |
| Description: | “The Web Management Service enables remote and delegated management capabilities for administrators to manage for the Web server, sites and applications present on this machine.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of wmsvc.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'WMSVC' (Web Management Service)
- WMSVC
All file variations of wmsvc.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
47.62% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
16.67% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
14.29% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
9.52% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
4.76% |
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| Windows 8 |
2.38% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
2.38% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
2.38% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 58.54% of Internet Information Services.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
30.23% |
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| Dell |
23.26% |
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| ASUS |
18.60% |
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| Toshiba |
13.95% |
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| Acer |
4.65% |
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| Lenovo |
4.65% |
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| Samsung |
2.33% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.33% |
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