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I'm curious as to what smss.exe (Session Manager Subsystem) does. It's always running in the background so if any of you can tell me what function it performs, I'd be much obliged.
Name: Jeruvy Date: July 25, 2001 at 09:32:14 Pacific
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It handles the kernal end of the current session. It restarts each time a system is booted. and remains until it is shutdown. This is referred to as a session.
If you want to find out how it works, I'd suggest getting some good books on the internals of Win2k.
Summary: i am looking to cut down on the overheard of my windows 2000 system, is there a detailed list of what each service does or how to customize and cutdown windows 2000 to run faster? and what does SMSS, ...
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Win 2000 installation
