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10: I see many instances of the PolicyPak Watcher service running on my clients, is that normal?

Depending on the client machine architecture (32 or 64 bit) and the number of users logged in to that client (either locally or via TS/RDS), the number of instances of each service will vary.

x86

Service –> PP Core Client PP Watcher Service x64 PP Watcher Service x86
System instance X   X
Per user instance (Local/TS/RDS)     X

x64

Service –> PP Core Client PP Watcher Service x64 PP Watcher Service x86
System instance X X X
Per user instance (Local/TS/RDS)   X X

For example, an x64 machine with a single user logged in would have 5 instances.

If another user logged in, it would add another pair of PPWatcherSvc (32/64) instances for a total of 7 processes.

An x86 system with TWO users logged in would look like this.

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