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Session Manager Subsystem

The Session Manager Subsystem, or smss.exe, is a component of the Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems, starting in Windows NT 3.1. It is executed during the startup process of those operating systems.

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Session initialization

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Session Manager Subsystem

Nodes22
Edges21
Triples26
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
Components1

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Session Manager Subsystem

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related to Session initialization · 25
Session Manager Subsystem → Any, AUX, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, CON, Control, CurrentControlSet, DOS Devicesregistry, Environment, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, Memory Management, NUL, Once, PRN, Session Manager, SubSystemsRegistry
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Session Manager Subsystem → first user-mode process started by the kernel

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session manager windows system subsystem process exe control systems also currentcontrolset application startup started starts new starting operating microsoft creates

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Session Manager Subsystemis afirst user-mode process started by the kernel0.90text
Session Manager Subsystemrelated to Session initializationThe Session Manager Subsystem0.60section
Session Manager Subsystemrelated to Session initializationOnce0.60section
Session Manager Subsystemrelated to Session initializationSYSTEM0.60section
Session Manager Subsystemrelated to Session initializationCurrentControlSet0.60section
Session Manager Subsystemrelated to Session initializationControl0.60section
Session Manager Subsystemrelated to Session initializationSession Manager0.60section
Session Manager Subsystemrelated to Session initializationMemory Management0.60section
Session Manager Subsystemrelated to Session initializationEnvironment0.60section
Session Manager Subsystemrelated to Session initializationCON0.60section
Session Manager Subsystemrelated to Session initializationNUL0.60section
Session Manager Subsystemrelated to Session initializationAUX0.60section

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