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Opened up Computer Management - Services and this one just stood out to me. The description says "Enables trigger-starting plan9 file servers." Anyone have any kind of info about this service aside from the 1 thing Google has to tell me about it?
I also found a few other services with the same ending "_a6cdf" and some of them looking like duplicates from a service listed right before it.
Connected Devices Platform Service
Connected Devices Platform User Service_a6cdf
Credential Manager
CredentialEnrollmentManagerUserSvc_a6cdf
I'm also getting nothing back from Google on these ones:
NPSMSvc_a6cdf
PenService_a6cdf
Thanks in advance.
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Hello logically.blonde,
I am Jaspreet Singh.
the service is a part of Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows 11.
The Windows 10 operating system comes with the P9 server as part of the WSL install so that it can communicate with a Linux filesystem and this service originates from it.
NPSM stands for Now Playing Session Manager. This service is responsible for showing now playing media on the volume flyout on Windows 10 and on the action center on Windows 11
penservice is part of Windows Ink Services Platform Tablet Input Subsystem program used for windows tablet functionality.
