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Process name: Microsoft software licensing service

Product: Windows Vista/7

Company: Microsoft

File: slsvc.exe

Security Rating: 1


This process implements the Software Licensing Service. Digital rights management is a technology used to protect digital products from copyright infringement. If this process consumes too much CPU time, try to stop the service and set it to Manual startup. http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/slsvc.exe.html 

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


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Users Opinions

Average user rating of slsvc.exe: 4.5 based on 28 votes. Read also the 16 reviews.

137 users ask for this file. 18 users rated it as not dangerous. 5 users rated it as not so dangerous. 2 users rated it as neutral. 1 user rated it as little bit dangerous. 2 users rated it as dangerous. 1 user didn't rate it ("don't know").


All comments about slsvc.exe:
rate4 It may kill your Windows Vista activation  
rate1 It is the Software Licensing Service for Windows Vista.  See also: Link   Ricky
rate0 search indexer  
rate1 manages all the activities of windows licensing service , important service to update the windows  See also: Link   Vicky
rate1 It's a Windows Vista core process, it's nothing dangerous.   Alex
rate3 After i disable it i had no more black back ground and no more popup   ksman10
rate1 This is the windwos software licensing service in windows vista and should not be deleted doing so will result in control panel not opening and windwos update failing   Nicholas Goh-microsoft tech support
rate1 Genuine Vista process   pcworkspace
rate1 Back in the day's of XP ppl never need nor wanted to tinker with what's inside their system but thnx to Vista were force too :(  
rate1 Software Licensing Service for Windows vista, don't ruin it!   DD
rate5 Windows Vista licensing. The process forcefully gives private system information to Microsoft without user consent, and is used by Microsoft to disable operating systems. This can be considered an 'official virus / trojan' and is very dangerous, but Vista can't be ran without it.   Mircea
rate2 Vista version of spyware   ~who~cares~
rate1 It's in the System32 file: not dangerous.   Anon
rate1 MS's Genuine Advantage service.  
rate1 it's about NetLimiter software..   dude
rate2 Controle Panel does not work without this. Printer does not work. Must validate Windows. Get another error messages.   RF

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