Questions with this tag should include the Operating System, as different services may act differently on different systems. The services can include File Sharing, Network access, or just updaters. For Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 and 7, you can access the services that start automatically ...
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How to force stop a service in Windows 7?
I'm trying to disable the beep service on my Windows 7 laptop.
I've tried to use "net stop beep", but that just results in "Service could not be stopped".
I've also tried stopping the service via ...
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How to fix “Client for Microsoft Networks” and “File and Printer Sharing For Microsoft Networks” via command line?
C:\>net view
System error 1060 has occurred.
The specified service does not exist as an installed service.
What service doesn't exist?
Does "Client for Microsoft Networks" and "File and ...
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Disabling excess services on Windows Web Server 2008 R2
I'm running a development VM on my notebook with Windows Web Server 2008 R2 operating system. To save some resources and gain some speed I'm thinking about disabling some services:
Microsoft ...
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Recommended Install location for service on Windows
I want to install a Java based service application on a Windows server. In Linux I would install it in /opt or /usr/local but for Windows I am not sure what the recommended practice is. Would it just ...
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How do I set up a OSX service to delete the first page of a PDF?
I frequently receive PDF files where the first page is either empty or is just a cover page for which I have no use. Can you suggest a quick and efficient way (Applescript, Service, or ???) for me to ...
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Context menu item to lock/unlock files in Finder more quickly
I can change the file locking ("read only") status in a file's context menu:
There's no menu item for this.
How can I create a Finder (context) menu item to set, remove, or toggle this flag ...
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Does srvany.exe work for windows 7
after reading this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/137890
i was wondering does this utility also works in windows 7.
All i want is to run VLC player and start playing a song at each reboot. SO ...
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Alternative to the Windows Service Manager (services.msc) which supports filtering out signed Microsoft executables?
Is there a Service Manager for Windows which allows me to easily filter out all the Microsoft services with verified signatures?
I've looked at Turbo Services Manager but it doesn't have this ...
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Start/Stop Service when User logs in/out
I have a system user that is dedicated to my work. At work I need postgres, however I don't need it anywhere else. Is there a way to start the postgres service when the user logs in and stop it when i ...
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Upload Field to Remote Field?
You may have seen server upload fields like on youtube and mediafire. Is there any service out which can convert it into remote upload field. Replacing upload field with remote upload field. So we ...
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Need to install windows service across a domain [migrated]
Our IT dept wants to roll out a windows service across all machines
on its domain. The machines are running Windows XP. Is this possible? Also, is it possible to have targetted
rollout to a subset of ...
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Is there a way to run a service a set time after Windows starts?
I have a program that works as a service and works with the network on a low level. It appears that a service it starts too early, so I want to configure it so that it starts after Windows starts, ie ...
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Services to let me use a remote PC (XP/Vista/Win7/Macintosh) (not my own) on a cost per hour basis?
I want to test my software on Windows XP, but seeing as I only have Windows 7, it would be great to use a service to remotely use their PC.
Same goes with a Macintosh service for a different reason - ...
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Java services stop working when user logs out
Some background:
I have four apps that run as services on a set of Windows XP machines, two of which are java apps. All four apps were originally designed to be run from a Linux server, and have ...
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Log monitoring service [closed]
I'm looking for an application log monitoring service.
My main requirement is that the service will be easy to integrate (my app is running on RoR) and easy to use.
I've came across Loggly, any ...
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How can I connect to a home automation web controller?
I've bought a remote web controller for home automation. I'd like to write a client software by myself, because the built in interface is ugly & not user friendly.
Thus, I'd like to find the ...
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Windows SuperFetch service for SSD + HDD mixed systems
The guides are floating around the web stating that Windows 7 automatically disables SuperFetch if it finds that disk is SSD.
However, my SSD is only 60GB, and I still have 3 TB of storage on HDDs ...
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Access to mapped network drive from a service
I created a service via srvany.exe like decribed here. This application needs access to a mapped network drive. I manually mapped this drive as local Administrator, but my application/service does not ...
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Oddity when disabling Windows Time service on Windows XP
I want to disable time synchronization on Windows XP. To do so, I have disabled the Windows Time (w32time) service. However, one of my testers noticed that the "Automatically synchronize time..." ...
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Is it possible to set up a service/application like Jotti's malware scan?
I would like to scan files that are under 500/100MB. Sadly, Jotti only scans files up to 25mb. Is it possible to set up a service like that at home?
The only way I know to run so many anti-virus ...
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xmpp echo service [closed]
I have some XMPP accounts but unfortunately I am not able to do proper jingleing to other people (aka voice & video call). So I want to checkout whether this is caused by my client(s) or the ...
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Zombie services: How do I remove services that turn up in event viewer but not under services
I've had the same install of Windows XP since 2007, and its built up quite a bit of cruft over time. Its mostly not a problem, other than very slow post boot initialisation, and a whole load of errors ...
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“svhost(netsvc)” is using about 40-80% CPU when the system starts
My CPU usage is constantly at 40% (maximum 95%) most of the time when I start my PC. It continues to work at this rate for about 15-25 minutes.
I checked the performance monitor and found out that ...
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Starting a service after checking some condition in windows 7
I am using a p2p program that runs as a service. But that program has a bug that it will not be able to work properly if the computer is not connected to internet, at the time the service is starting.
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VPN issue: SSTP Service service started and then stopped
When I was trying to set up a VPN connect on my laptop running Windows 7 Ultimate, I got this error:
Network Connections
Cannot load the Remote Access Connection Manager service.
Error ...
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Indexing Service filter daemon keeps crashing on Windows XP; something worse underneath?
The Indexing Service filter daemon keeps crashing on my Windows XP Pro machine, with the following error message:
Indexing Service filter daemon has encountered a problem and needs to close.
We are ...
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What could make a win32 service stop?
A service (Python 2.7) on XP which is supposed to never stop, stops for an unkwown reason at midnight every day, so I have to restart it every morning.
The service worked well for a year, but ...
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How to prevent Service Control Manager hanging at start of Windows 7?
I had a third NAS added to my home system this summer. At that time, I started to develop and issue wherein the start of my Win 7SP1 becomes a two-step process. MOST stuff seems to load immediately ...
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no UAC prompt when opening the Services applet
My Windows 7 Ultimate no longer 'UAC prompts' me when I open the services applet (administrative tools). I can manipulate services without ever confirming the elevation.
Yes, UAC is still enabled. ...
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Controlling Upstart job as unprivileged user
What's the best way to allow an unprivileged user to control an upstart job?
By controlling an upstart job I mean starting/stopping/reloading/restarting it:
start myservice
I can imagine one way ...
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Run Dropbox as a service on Fedora 15
I installed the dropbox using the text based install method described here. However I'd now like dropbox to start automatically when the machine starts up, and start syncing the files. I'll need ...
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Force a Windows service to restart
I'm having problems trying to restart a Windows service (VBoxDrv, a VirtualBox driver)
net stop VBoxDrv
doesn't work (service starting or stopping error)
sc queryex vboxdrv
displays ...
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Why is “run this program as an administrator” disabled?
I need to stop some services so I made a cmd file but it doesn't work because it needs to run as admin.
When I right click on the file and choose Properties, I see that "run this program as an ...
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What do service(s)/process(es) do I need to ensure are running for Cgywin
Cgywin doesn't seem to be running on my machine (never used it before, although I have installed it!). What services or processes do I need to start so it can run.
Thanks
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Can I move the services menu to the top of the contextual menu?
Is it possible to move the services section of the contextual menu from the bottom to the top?
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Disable Norton 360 in Windows XP
Since Norton is taking up 98% CPU time, I need it disabled for a customer. I don't want to uninstall it since they have a 2 year subscription (Don't worry, I'll smack them later), but I want to ...
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How to start/stop service on a remote computer with an out of sync clock
I'm working in a MS Windows Domain.
I'm trying to centrally (remotely) start and stop the W32Time service for a certain amount of time (to disable Time Server update e.g for two hours) then remotely ...
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Assign a shortcut for creating and opening a dated text file on OS X
I used to use tomboy wiki and they allowed you to bind opening a new note to a keyboard combination.
I use emacs on Lion and I want replicate this behaviour. I want to visit a new/existing file in ...
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Should I use my firewalls port forwarding feature or have my services listen on alternative ports?
I have an VPS with which I run my own email server sitting out in the ether of the internet which I have SSH access to. My my logging shows I'm getting 500 or so failed attempted connections per day ...
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make VNC service last to stop?
I have a headless PC, and sometimes when I shutdown, a program will get caught up on a close dialog that refuses to terminate. Unfortunately, the VNC service has been stopped already meaning I have ...
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Permission denied on file execution on Linux Red Hat
I have installed a custom service on Linux .
The service was installed as root in /etc/init.d/.
Now, when I want to start the service, it uses a shell script located elsewhere which belongs to user ...
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GUI tool to manage services in Ubuntu
Are there any GUI tools to manage the services running on Ubuntu?
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Can't access a virtual machine which runs as a service
I'm trying to start a virtual machine (I'm using VMware Workstation 7) as a service on my Windows 7 system, so that it starts automatically with my (physical) host.
I used instsrv and srvany.exe from ...
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How to stop an unstoppable windows 7 service?
I have recently installed a program that deploys an agent which "protects" from peripherals.
What it actually does at this point is to block any kind of media I plug to my PC.
I've done some checking ...
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Where can I find good documentation on “msconfig” and “services.msc” for Windows 7?
Running Windows 7
I'm trying to boost the startup speed of my computer and I'm going through "msconfig" and "services.msc" to disable some applications from starting up automatically when the ...
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Printer Spooler service not running
I was trying to troubleshoot this problem for a user. He was having a printer having an ip address. Whenever I try to print an error occurs about spooler service no running. Later on I added the same ...
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How can I remotely install or uninstall a service on Windows Server 2008 R2?
Who knows a simple solution how to install or uninstall a Windows service remotely on a Win2k8R2 server?
This server is a hosted at the internet, so it's not in a domain or such. Thus I want to ...
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xperf profile services
When I profile using xperf there are always cases when I see, that, say svhost(1552) "eating resources". I could then go to ProcessExplorer and see that svhost(1552) running like 10 services.
How to ...
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Windows Enterprise Edition: Is it possible to undelete a service that has been marked for deletion?
Somehow, a windows service installed on a remote machine that we rely on has been marked for deletion. We don't know how or why it has been marked for deletion. Is there a way to unmark it for ...
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Enable MySQL at system startup
I'm running a ubuntu 10.04 box.
I want to enable Mysql on startup.
Typically, I used the following command:
#update-rc.d mysql defaults
Mysql still doesn't start when system boots.
Suggestions?
