Questions tagged [services]
On Windows, services are processes running regardless of users logging in. They provide access and features to different programs or processes. On Mac OS X, services are menu bar and context menu items available from any application that can act on a user's selection, like text or files.
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What is the default user for Windows 10 services?
I'm using Sickchill, which runs as a service. Unless I give everyone full control to the show folders, I get a "permission denied" error for the show folder from the Sickchill service.
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Why and how Task Manager's Services tab hides some services<
On Windows 10, if I open Task Manager, the Services tab, there are not all services I can see in Services.msc.
Also, what is Name in msc is Description in Task Manager.. The msc is connected to Local ...
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How to tell a remote connection is in use without connecting to it?
Me and a friend of mine are using a remote Windows 10 Professional machine together. Simultaneous remote connection are not supported, so every time I try to log in and he is logged in, I have to text ...
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Configure 2 sshd services
I have the following task:
Configure a ssh service so that user special cannot connect through it.
Open a ssh server on port 2222 listening to 127.0.0.1. Limit this service so that just user special ...
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Error While Trying to Run Local Service with a specific user: The remote server has been paused or is in the process of being started
I want to run a custom process running as local windows service with a specific user I have created instead of Local System account.
I have successfully applied Service Logon permissions and Service ...
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How to enable Server service in Windows 10?
This is a laptop machine provided by the enterprise I work in, it has installed some VPN and monitoring software. Server service is not listed in services manager and Docker refuses to install with ...
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Win10 - how to restore deleted WinRM service?
I have deleted by mistake the WinRM service from a WIN 10 machine, How can I restore it ?
Is there some installation \ sc.exe command I can run to recreated it or can it be done by adding windows ...
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systemctl --user doesn't load on startup, even though manual 'start' works well
I have systemctl --user set up, that doesn't activate the service on startup.
$ cat .config/systemd/user/syncthing.service
[Unit]
Description=Syncthing - Open Source Continuous File Synchronization ...
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How can I make SQL Server 2017 retry to start if startup fails?
We have a SQL Server that is used internally for testing. We shut down the server every night to save on Azure costs. Sometimes it fails to startup due to the paths it uses not being available like ...
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Systemd service cannot find user files even though with correct absolute path
I have a flask app that has the following app.py file that includes a flask_apscheduler:
from flask_apscheduler import APScheduler
app = Flask(__name__)
scheduler = APScheduler()
app.config['...
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My screensave somehow got disabled in services.msc. Need to enable it
Screen saver was running fine in Win10 Home. It stopped running after no activity. I have checked all settings, they have no changed. I tried different screensavers, I checked registry entries, they ...
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How do I determine which Windows services were recently disabled?
Does Windows 10 keep a log of when/which services were enabled/disabled?
How would a person locate this information?
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Windows 10 laptop cannot connect with Linux Samba server (SMBv3)
I've set up a Samba share on a Ubuntu 20.04 server using SMBv3, disabling SMBv1. Several Windows 10 laptops can connect to this server, but one refuses, and I don't see anything in the Samba logs with ...
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Automatically suspend applications/services while playing games?
So I just built my first "gaming" system (AMD Ryzen 9 3950X with GeForce RTX 2080 Super). "Gaming" is in quotes because unfortunately this system is going to need to be multi-...
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Correct way to prevent a systemd service from starting
I'm trying to prevent systemd service xrdp from starting automatically on boot. So I tried systemd disable xrdp.
After reboot I found that the service is indeed disabled but also running. What is the ...
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How to tell which service or task caused a certain 4624 logon event?
I found a series of Windows logon events 4624 like this:
An account was successfully logged on.
Subject:
Security ID: SYSTEM
Account Name: mycomputername$
Account Domain: ...
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Is DFS Namespace a Windows service and if so, what is the service name for DFS Namespace?
I want to know the service name for DFS Namespace, but I can not find any results when searching for it. The closest I got was here, which informs that the service name for DFS Namespace Client Driver ...
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Run software even after closing the terminal
I do have a server installed which I always need to run in terminal. The command looks like
software server
Now i want this to run in the background without the need to keep the window open.
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AIX 7.x inetd and tcp wrappers using chsubserver
Greetings all the guru's and those who have knowledge I am yet to gain and share.
Sometime ago I configured TCP Wrappers on my AIX 7.1 & 7.2 LPAR's and it works great once you get the nuances ...
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Why doesn't SC QUERY show all services? Are some services hidden?
I'm trying to find out why a service is in STOP_PENDING state, but the service seems to be hidden.
It doesn't show up in a general sc query, nor in services.msc or in Powershell's Get-Service.
Here's ...
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Run a program during actual boot time on Windows
For the reference, there are bunch of irrelevant question when you try to search for generic words windows run app during boot but few dozens I went through are all incorrect since they target the ...
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How to stop program from starting a service Windows 10?
How do I stop a program from being able to start a service? The program in question is Badlion Client, and during its startup, the first thing it does it start (or install if not there) a service. I ...
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W32TM /register fails - The specified service has been marked for deletion (0x80070430)
During an unsuccessful attempt to sync my clock, I have run the command w32tm /unregister.
When I run w32tm /register I get the error: The following error occurred: The specified service has been ...
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How to stop a unstoppable Kernel Driver windows 10?
I am looking to stop a kernel-level service. I would like to stop the service called BadlionAnticheat (not going to cheat in online games don't worry). When I sc query BadlionAnticheat, I get the ...
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Giving argument to systemd binary
I am trying to run a systemd service for my binary. The binary expects an argument for --public-ip field, which i supply through curl https://ipinfo.io/ip. I did in the following way but the ...
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Starting a .service under WSL Ubuntu-20.04 fails with some tags not found even though they are present
We have a product that is built with .Net Core so it can be ran/deployed on an appliance that can be running either Windows or Linux (a custom build of Linux). In Windows, it runs as a Windows ...
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Cannot start Virtual Box 6.1.x on Windows 10 Pro build 1903?
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Unfortunately, it appears that somewhere in the flux between WSL / Hyper-V and the Virtual Machine that Windows uses to protect your credentials I can no longer run VirtualBox.
I'm very, very ...
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Set Windows Error Reporting (WER) service to "disabled"?
For non-ESU Windows 7 devices, is there any reason to have Windows Error Reporting (WER) service set to anything except "disabled"?
After all, those systems will not be receiving any more updates ...
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Red 'X' image on Network Adapter Icon in Network Connections - Windows 10
Opened Network Connections window in Windows 10 v.1909 (Network and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings) only to find that my Primary Ethernet Adapter is displaying a Red 'X' as part of the icon:
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How to start/stop a python script as a service at a specific time on CentOS?
I am trying to put a python script on a VPS running CentOS 7, that crawls some stock data online from a web service. What I want to do is to set this script as an OS service that start/stops at a ...
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Windows service temp. files for another user
Where to store temp files for a windows service running as another user.
The Temp folder by default is:
- Temp: C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
- Temp: C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Temp
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Is it possible for a windows service to print a PDF file?
I have this function within a Python script that has been installed as a windows service with NSSM. When the Python script is run normally (i.e. not as a service), the file is printed. However, when ...
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Can I add an exception for a particular PID so that task does not gets killed by using taskkill
I have multiple instances of an application running on my remote server. I have created a batch file using taskkill to kill the processes. Is their a way through which I can add an exception for a ...
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Canon printer Pixma IX6810 Service Mode?
I've been looking everywhere but still no luck. I own this printer Canon Pixma IX6810 (A3+ size printing), I need to enter service mode but can't find a way to do so. Service mode takes place using ...
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Windows 10 keeps enabling the SysMain service
EDIT: I answered to myself. Read it below this post.
I bought a new laptop, MSI GV62 7RC, and installed the latest Win 10 1909 from scratch and fully updated it.
I right click This Computer and go ...
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Does the Windows "browser" service need access to DNS (port 53)?
Does the Windows "Browser" service need access to DNS (port 53)?
If so, in what cases?
By "Windows", I'm referring to Windows 7-10.
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In Windows terminology, what designates a computer as a "browser"?
A concise description of the Windows' "Browser" service provided from a reference site is:
Maintains an updated list of computers on the network and supplies this list to computers designated as ...
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Is it possible to have a ctypes meassege box for a python script that is installed as a NSSM service?
OS: Windows 10
I have this python script that asks the user if he/she would like to print a file. While running this python script manually it works fine. However, when installing the Python script ...
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Mounting an iSCSI Server in a WinPE Instance
Does anybody know of a Small-and-Light iSCSI Server
that I can use in WinPE (Windows 10 based PE)
to mount a target for a remote client?
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is there a way to use the MS-ISCSI server in WinPE
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Service name from PID
I got a port id(8080) already in use error when try to host a app.
tried the below to know which service uses the port 8080
> netstat -aon | findstr 8080
TCP 0.0.0.0:8080 0.0.0.0:...
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Disable a device's service from powershell or command line
Just read the bold text for the basic rundown!
I have a bluetooth headset that I use for gaming, however because it has a mic I have to disable the "handsfree telephony" service every time I pair the ...
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Sytemd graphical multi-session
On Linux with systemd it is possible to have multi-sessions on one seat, eg. I have reached the graphical target starting my display manager, login, and then my graphical user session is in place. I ...
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Keyboard shortcut for Service in OS X doesn't work outside of application focus
I have created a service for music application for next and previous track buttons on my keyboard.
Problem is when i click on music application and press the keyboard shortcut it works, but when I ...
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how to stop sites setting service-workers, without blocking cookies, in google chrome
I want to be able to block service-workers from being allowed by default, on google chrome. But I want to allow cookies by default. I dont see a way of blocking service-workers without blocking all ...
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How can I execute "net start <service>" from SSH on a Windows Server 2016?
I installed an OpenSSH server on my Windows server. The new Windows "SSH server feature" did not appear at all (I tried it through the settings and the instructions form Microsoft to install it ...
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Which of these Windows services is most likely responsible for outgoing port 53 (DNS) traffic?
Working on a Windows 7 system that has network traffic very locked down. The system is not running any servers. Besides Windows itself, and an antivirus tool, it does not have any software that ...
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Setting User Mode server to run at user profile login in windows 7
I have a server, starting automatically as a service and would like to do the aforementioned in the subject line. Can anyone help point me in the right direction? I have opened up the properties for ...
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Failing to connect to System Event Notification Service after installing KB4539601
Here is the uncommon SENS problem on my Win 7 computer:
The message of "Failed to connect to a windows service (could not connect to System Event Notification Service)" first appeared after ...
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Linux service failure
I'm writing a linux service test-thingy as a precursor to a project I am developing. I am trying to understand how it works, and why its failing right now.
My current goal is to create a linux (...
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Why my service on linux, consumes so much CPU?
I created an service in linux, sshield, for protecting of brute force attacks via ssh. My service is finished, and all run well.
But ... I saw a little detail. This service consumes so much CPU!
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