Natural Authentication (NaturalAuthentication) Service Defaults in Windows 11
Signal aggregator service, that evaluates signals based on time, network, geolocation, bluetooth and cdf factors. Supported features are Device Unlock, Dynamic Lock and Dynamo MDM policies.
Default Settings
| Startup type: | Manual |
| Display name: | Natural Authentication |
| Service name: | NaturalAuthentication |
| Service type: | share |
| Error control: | normal |
| Object: | LocalSystem |
| Path: | %SystemRoot%\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs -p |
| File: | %SystemRoot%\System32\NaturalAuth.dll |
| Registry key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NaturalAuthentication |
| Privileges: |
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Default Behavior
Natural Authentication is a Win32 service. In Windows 11 it starts only if the user, an application or another service starts it. When the Natural Authentication service is started, it logs on as LocalSystem and running in a shared process of svchost.exe. If Natural Authentication fails to start, the failure details will be recorded into Event Log. Then Windows 11 should boot up and notify the user about the NaturalAuthentication service startup failure.
Dependencies
Natural Authentication cannot be started, if the following services won't start:
Restore Default Startup Configuration of Natural Authentication
Before you begin doing this, make sure that all the services on which Natural Authentication depends are configured by default and function properly. See the list of dependencies above.1. Run the Command Prompt as an administrator.
2. Copy the command below, paste it into the command window and press ENTER:
sc config NaturalAuthentication start= demand
3. Close the command window and restart the computer.
The NaturalAuthentication service is using the NaturalAuth.dll file that is located in the C:\Windows\System32 directory. If the file is removed or corrupted, read this article to restore its original version from Windows 11 installation media.