Remote Access Connection Manager (RasMan) Service Defaults in Windows 7
Manages dial-up and virtual private network (VPN) connections from your computer to the Internet or other remote networks. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
Default Settings
| Startup type: | Manual |
| Display name: | Remote Access Connection Manager |
| Service name: | RasMan |
| Service type: | share |
| Error control: | normal |
| Object: | localSystem |
| Path: | %SystemRoot%\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs |
| File: | %SystemRoot%\System32\rasmans.dll |
| Registry key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RasMan |
| Privileges: |
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Default Behavior
Remote Access Connection Manager is a Win32 service. In Windows 7 it won't be started if the user doesn't start it. When the Remote Access Connection Manager service is started, it is running as localSystem in a shared process of svchost.exe. Other system components, such as drivers and services, may run in the same process. If Remote Access Connection Manager fails to start, Windows 7 attempts to write the failure details into Event Log. Then Windows 7 startup should proceed and the user should be notified that the RasMan service is not running because of the error.
Dependencies
Remote Access Connection Manager is unable to start, if at least one of the following services is stopped or disabled:
If Remote Access Connection Manager is stopped, the following services cannot start:
Restore Default Startup Configuration of Remote Access Connection Manager
Before you begin doing this, make sure that all the services on which Remote Access Connection Manager 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 RasMan start= demand
3. Close the command window and restart the computer.
The RasMan service is using the rasmans.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 7 installation media.