Where are services hosted by "svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted" on Windows 8? What is the meaning of "-k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted" parameter?

"svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted" command is used to invoke the svchost.exe program to load the DLL file for the given service specified in the registry.

"-k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted" is the process grouping parameter. It allows Windows to load multiple DLL files under a single shared svchost.exe process of the same group name.

In other words, all services that are launched by the same "svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted" command will be running under a single shared process of svchost.exe.

The advantage of using a shared process is to save process resources. But services of a shared process have execution environment dependency. If one service is running into problem, all other services of the same shared process will be impacted.

Here is a list of services hosted by the shared process of "svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted":

"Windows All-User Install Agent - svchost.exe" Service on Windows 8

"Wired AutoConfig - dot3svc.dll" Service on Windows 8

"File History Service - fhsvc.dll" Service on Windows 8

"HomeGroup Listener - ListSvc.dll" Service on Windows 8

"Storage Service - storsvc.dll" Service on Windows 8

"Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service - TabSvc.dll" Service on Windows 8

"Remote Desktop Services UserMode Port Redirector - umrdp.dll" Service on Windows 8

"Hyper-V Data Exchange Service - ICSvc.dll" Service on Windows 8

"Hyper-V Guest Shutdown Service - ICSvc.dll" Service on Windows 8

"Hyper-V Volume Shadow Copy Requestor - ICSvc.dll" Service on Windows 8

"Still Image Acquisition Events - wiarpc.dll" Service on Windows 8

"Spot Verifier - svsvc.dll" Service on Windows 8

"Program Compatibility Assistant Service - pcasvc.dll" Service on Windows 8

"Superfetch - sysmain.dll" Service on Windows 8

"Distributed Link Tracking Client - trkwks.dll" Service on Windows 8

"WLAN AutoConfig - wlansvc.dll" Service on Windows 8

"Portable Device Enumerator Service - wpdbusenum.dll" Service on Windows 8

"Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework - WUDFSvc.dll" Service on Windows 8

"Windows Audio Endpoint Builder - AudioEndpointBuilder.dll" Service on Windows 8

"Device Association Service - das.dll" Service on Windows 8

"Human Interface Device Access - hidserv.dll" Service on Windows 8

"Network Connections - netman.dll" Service on Windows 8

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