Quick Answer: Can I Disable Windows Process Activation Service?
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You can now see the Windows Features dialog box. Uncheck the checkbox corresponding to the field of Windows Process Activation Service as highlighted in the screenshot given below. Then, click OK.

Is Windows Process Activation service necessary?

You need both. From the documentation ((v=ws.10).aspx): Windows Process Activation Service (WAS) manages application pool configuration and the creation and lifetime of worker processes for HTTP and other protocols.

What does Windows Process Activation Service do?

The Windows Process Activation Service (WAS) of IIS 7 is the key component that provides process model and configuration features to Web Applications and Web Services. WAS major task is to manage Application Pools. Application Pools are configuration containers that represent the hosting environment for groups of URLs.

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