What is "Application Experience" in my Windows XP service list? And how is "Application Experience" service related to aelupsvc.dll?

"Application Experience" is a Windows XP service that "Processes application compatibility cache requests for applications as they are launched." "Application Experience" service is provided by aelupsvc.dll DLL file.

Detailed information on "Application Experience" service:

Service name: AeLookupSvc
Display name: Adaptive Brightness
Execution command: C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
Start type: Manual
Service status: Stopped
Dependencies: None

"Application Experience" service is provided by a DLL file called: aelupsvc.dll:

Name: aelupsvc.dll
Location: C:\Windows\System32\aelupsvc.dll
Description: Application Experience Service
File version: 6.1.7600.16385
Size: 61.0 KB (62,464 bytes)
Modified: Monday, July 13, 2009, 9:14:53 PM
Product name: Microsoft Windows Operating System

Disabling "Application Experience" service may causing issues when running Windows applications.

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