What are these services?

6185JGL · 03 Feb 2017

I am unable to find anything on-line about whether I should disable them or celebrate them.

CDPUser_26fc94a
Contact Data_26fc94a
Messaging Service-26fc94a
Synchost_26fc94a
User Data Access_26fc94a
User Data Storage_26fc94a

John

Fafhrd · 03 Feb 2017

I've no Idea either - look, I'll show you mine and we can celebrate them all together - I don't think we have cause to disable them, do we?

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:)

spunk · 03 Feb 2017

1. CDP Service Cisco Discovery Protocol Service: This Windows service is used for Connected Devices and Universal Glass scenarios. It is a network monitor and troubleshooting Windows background service
2. Contact Data (PimIndexMaintenanceSvc) Service Defaults in Windows 10: Indexes contact data for fast contact searching. If you stop or disable this service, contacts might be missing from your search results.
3. Messaging Service: sends messages from one Windows computer to another on the same LAN.
4 .Sync Host (OneSyncSvc) Service Defaults in Windows 10 This service synchronizes mail, contacts, calendar and various other user data. Mail and other applications dependent on this functionality will not work properly when this service is not running.
5. User Data Access: Provides apps access to structured user data, including contact info, calendars, messages, and other content. If you stop or disable this service, apps that use this data might not work correctly.
6. User Data Storage - Windows 10 Service Handles storage of structured user data, including contact info, calendars, messages, and other content. If you stop or disable this service, apps that use this data might not work correctly.
This service exists in Windows 10 only.
None of these services should be disabled.

DCH0001 · 28 Oct 2018

6185jgl said:

i am unable to find anything on-line about whether i should disable them or celebrate them.

cdpuser_26fc94a
contact data_26fc94a
messaging service-26fc94a
synchost_26fc94a
user data access_26fc94a
user data storage_26fc94a

john

I think these services were created just after i entered my Hotmail account (microsoft account info) into windows 10 (For using Microsoft Store). Good luck

margrave55 · 29 Oct 2018

The suffix_26fc94a (which I think is randomly assigned) is a giveaway. It seems that MS is adding "new stuff" all the time. Do you need "new stuff". I don't.

I see no compelling reason to disable any of them, but I doubt there's any harm in doing so.
If you've lived your whole life without them, you can continue without them. Mark them as disabled and see what happens. I doubt much will change.