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‎11-19-2021 03:50 AM

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Product: HP EliteBook 840 G2
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11

I don't know if this is the right place, but I just discovered a servcice named "VCM" in my msconfig services tab. I am paranoid, yes. Can anyone help me figure it out?

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‎11-19-2021 06:08 AM

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Most likely it is this:

Video Compression Manager (VCM) based version of the Windows Media Video 9 encoder/decoder will enable legacy encoding and editing applications to support the Windows Media Video 9 codec in file containers such as AVI.

If this PC was upgraded from an existing previous version of Windows, that is probably how it got there but it is not longer supported and will not even run in Windows 11.  It is a leftover from Windows 7, most likely.


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‎11-19-2021 06:08 AM

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Most likely it is this:

Video Compression Manager (VCM) based version of the Windows Media Video 9 encoder/decoder will enable legacy encoding and editing applications to support the Windows Media Video 9 codec in file containers such as AVI.

If this PC was upgraded from an existing previous version of Windows, that is probably how it got there but it is not longer supported and will not even run in Windows 11.  It is a leftover from Windows 7, most likely.


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‎11-19-2021 08:51 AM

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Thanks for the reply!

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‎11-19-2021 09:33 AM

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You are welcome.  Glad to help.


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