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.
This service also exists in Windows 10 and 8.
Windows 11 version | Home | Pro | Education | Enterprise |
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21H2 | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
22H2 | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
23H2 | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
Display name: | Hyper-V Heartbeat Service |
Service name: | vmicheartbeat |
Type: | share |
Path: | %WinDir%\system32\svchost.exe -k ICService -p |
File: | %WinDir%\System32\icsvc.dll |
Error control: | normal |
Object: | LocalSystem |
Privileges: |
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The Hyper-V Heartbeat Service is running as LocalSystem in a shared process of svchost.exe. Other services might run in the same process. If Hyper-V Heartbeat Service fails to start, the error is logged. Windows 11 startup proceeds, but a message box is displayed informing you that the vmicheartbeat service has failed to start.
1. Select your Windows 11 edition and release, and then click on the Download button below.
2. Save the RestoreHyperVHeartbeatServiceWindows11.bat file to any folder on a local drive such as SSD or a hard disk.
3. Right-click the downloaded batch file and select Properties.
4. Check the Unblock checkbox and click OK.
5. Right-click the batch file again and select Run as administrator.
6. Restart the computer to save changes.
Note. Make sure that the icsvc.dll
file exists in the %WinDir%\System32
folder. If this file is missing you can try to restore it from your Windows 11 installation media.