Windows Cardspace - what is it?

If the entry "Windows Cardspace" appears in the control panel, ask yourself what this is. We'll tell you.

Windows Cardspace - what can the service do?

• Windows Cardspace comes to your computer together with the Microsoft .NET Framework program. It is a service for creating, managing and publishing digital identities.
• Via Windows Cardspace, registrations on the web should be replaced by username and password. The "cards" in Windows Cardspace served as a kind of ID that you could submit to certain online services and thus confirm your identity.
• However, the service could not prevail, which is why it is no longer used by the current versions of the Microsoft .NET Framework. The service was completely discontinued in 2011.

We will explain what the csrss.exe process is in another practical tip.