WINDOWS SERVICE
nsi: Network Store Interface Service
Delivers network notifications, such as an interface being added or deleted, to user mode clients.
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
| Service name | nsi |
|---|---|
| Display name | Network Store Interface Service |
| Runs from | C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe |
| Command line | svchost.exe -k LocalService -p |
| Runs as | LocalService |
| Verdict | Leave it alone |
| Microsoft, Windows Server 2016 guidance | No guidance |
Paths, signer and service account observed on Windows 11 build 26300 on 12 November 2026. Run the commands below to check your own PC.
Should you touch it?
Leave it aloneMicrosoft states that stopping this service causes loss of network connectivity, and that services which explicitly depend on it cannot start if it is disabled. On the PC used for this page it was Automatic and running, and 25 other services depended on it, directly or through another service, among them Dhcp, Dnscache, LanmanWorkstation and WlanSvc.
What PC Tweaker does with it
PC Tweaker does not change this service. No control in the catalogue stops it, disables it or edits its start type.
Check it yourself
See its state and start type
PowerShellGet-Service nsi | Format-List Name, DisplayName, Status, StartType sc qc nsi
Common questions
What does the nsi service do?
Delivers network notifications, such as an interface being added or deleted, to user mode clients. It runs C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe (svchost.exe -k LocalService -p) as LocalService.
Can I disable nsi?
Leave it alone. Microsoft states that stopping this service causes loss of network connectivity, and that services which explicitly depend on it cannot start if it is disabled. On the PC used for this page it was Automatic and running, and 25 other services depended on it, directly or through another service, among them Dhcp, Dnscache, LanmanWorkstation and WlanSvc.
Which services depend on nsi?
On Windows 11 build 26300, 25 services depended on it directly or through another service, including Dhcp, Dnscache, LanmanWorkstation, WlanSvc, Wcmsvc, netprofm, Netman, iphlpsvc, mpssvc (Windows Defender Firewall), SSDPSRV, WinHttpAutoProxySvc and RasMan. Get-Service nsi -DependentServices lists them on your PC.
How do I check that it is the real service?
On build 26300 it is registered as svchost.exe -k LocalService -p and runs as LocalService. It depends on RpcSs and on the nsiproxy driver. sc qc nsi prints the same on your PC.