Hyper-V Heartbeat Service (vmicheartbeat) Defaults in Windows 8
Monitors the state of this virtual machine by reporting a heartbeat at regular intervals. This service helps you identify running virtual machines that have stopped responding.
Default Settings
| Startup type: | Manual |
| Display name: | Hyper-V Heartbeat Service |
| Service name: | vmicheartbeat |
| Service type: | share |
| Error control: | normal |
| Object: | LocalSystem |
| Path: | %SystemRoot%\system32\svchost.exe -k ICService |
| File: | %SystemRoot%\System32\ICSvc.dll |
| Registry key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vmicheartbeat |
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Default Behavior
Hyper-V Heartbeat Service is a Win32 service. In Windows 8 it will not be started until the user starts it. When the Hyper-V Heartbeat Service is started, it runs as LocalSystem in a process of svchost.exe, sharing it with other services. If Hyper-V Heartbeat Service fails to start, the error details are added to Windows 8 error log. When the operating system startup is complete, the user is being notified that the vmicheartbeat service hasn't been started.
Restore Default Startup Configuration of Hyper-V Heartbeat Service
1. Run the Command Prompt as an administrator.
2. Copy the command below, paste it into the command window and press ENTER:
sc config vmicheartbeat start= demand
3. Close the command window and restart the computer.
The vmicheartbeat service is using the ICSvc.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 8 installation media.