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Process name: Local Session Manager Service

Product: Windows Vista/7

Company: Microsoft

File: lsm.exe

Security Rating: 1


LSM is the Local Session Manager Service in Microsoft Windows. It is found mainly under Windows Vista/7, where it manages connections related to the terminal server on the hosted machine. It is considered a part of core Windows functionality. http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/lsm.exe.html 

Note: The lsm.exe file is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32. In other cases, lsm.exe is a virus, spyware, trojan or worm! Check this with Security Task Manager.


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Users Opinions

Average user rating of lsm.exe: 4 based on 53 votes. Read also the 29 reviews.

2591 users ask for this file. 32 users rated it as not dangerous. 3 users rated it as not so dangerous. 9 users rated it as neutral. 3 users rated it as little bit dangerous. 6 users rated it as dangerous. 2 users didn't rate it ("don't know").


All comments about lsm.exe:
rate1 Systemdatei Windows Vista   Bernhard
rate0 local session manager (6.0 6000.16386) 206 Ko   JoK
rate4 causes explorer crashes  See also: Link   Feynmann
rate1 Dispatch interative user sessions. Critial component - don't stop it.   Alexey
rate1 It causes performance conflicts in games.   coldroll
rate3 it was taking up 400,000k memory in task manager  
rate1 Genuine Vista process   pcworkspace
rate1 local session manager service for vista and win 7   colin
rate1 Servizio Gestione sessioni locali   riccardo di carlo
rate1 Keep it running, Basic Vista Process   k2lu
rate3 0_0 I can see it's fully hidden but dam what would happen if I decided to temporarily disable the service so I could play my games correctly??? I would hate to have a game slacker purposely installed by M$ to ruin my high speed Vista performances. On a side-note. Most my games don't seem to play right atm so maybe that's a solution? xD  
rate5 dont kill process in win vista, 7   bdwind
rate4 it takes up to much memory sometimes 400mb   glm
rate4 a new virus that infected this files and it may cuse your internet conection too slow with many time out when you ping some where you could suspend it to use internet   Nima H Bahraini
rate1 Also a service for Windlws 7   Anemailname
rate1 Windows core process   Bogdan
rate1 Definitely a legitimate process in Vista. Don't kill it.   bundyxc
rate0 Was taking up 539,108k (running Vista)   Steve Ballmer
rate1 Its A Microsoft Service That Helps Starting Programs In Widows   Krystian
rate1 Critical.  See also: Link   M. E. Kabay, PhD, CISSP-ISSMP
rate1 If you have pirate Vista or Windows 7, it is activation/genuine crack, so if you have pirate Vista or Pirate Windows 7, dont delete it   Ville
rate1 It's a required system process. Windows will shut itself off if it is terminated from inside task manager. It's growth in memory usage occurs from continous use of WMP 11  See also: Link   BcB9000
rate1 Local Session Manager. Process found on Windows Vista and whose role is to manage the terminal server connections to the machine. In Vista, terminal server sessions are not just Remote Desktop sessions from remote users as they are in Windows XP/2003, they are also your sessions when you are logged in to the PC at the PC itself, as all sessions, whether local or remote, are virtualised terminal server sessions. It follows, therefore, that this process is a crucial core process of Windows Vista.  See also: Link   Johnny Johansen
rate1 The implementation of the process lsm.exe is in relation with the Local Session Manager Service of the Microsoft Windows Operating System and is associated with the System Management task of the platform. The presence of the lsm.exe process can be seen mostly under the Microsoft Windows Vista environment, where it functions by managing the connections related to the terminal server on the hosted machine. Under the Microsoft Windows Vista platform, the uses of the file lsm.exe are not limited to the Remote Desktop sessions that involve remote computer machine users similar to those found in Mic  See also: Link   Kurt17
rate5 used up 360mb alone  
rate2 crutial to the stability win 7 os... shutdown on deletion   beewd
rate1 Critical win 7 file If you close it win will shut down   Shay
rate1 sometimes uses a lot of memory in conjunction with win media player. Microsoft has a fix for this!   giter_dun69
rate1 Critical win 7 file If you close it win will shut down   rhouland

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