Questions tagged [windows-services]
In Windows operating systems, a Windows service is a computer program that operates in the background. It is similar in concept to a Unix daemon.
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What does "delayed start" do in startup type for a Windows service?
What is the difference between Automatic and Automatic (Delayed Start) for a property setting for a Windows service? i.e. what do I gain or lose by setting my service as one or the other?
Running the ...
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Disable a Windows service from the command line
I want to disable a Windows service but I don't want to:
Open the "Services" management console
Scroll to the name of the service
Right-click Properties (or double-click)
Change the Startup Type: to ...
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Automatic services doesn't start automatically after windows restart
I have Windows 10 built 1511 with all the updates.
After I make a system restart some of the services with startup type Automatic don't start automatically.
But I can start them manually and after ...
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How to change windows service name after creating it
I have created windows service for tomcat server and it is running well but now I want to change service name without deleting it.
so is there any cmd\GUI steps to change service name?
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Why/how is svchost.exe using 6.5GB of memory?
What is going on here? I have almost nothing running.
By almost nothing, I mean Firefox, and some background network applications that are entirely passive and would never use this much memory.
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Windows Task Scheduler: Schedule task to run once every 10 seconds
In my windows, I want to schedule a windows service to start once every 10 seconds. I tried using the windows task scheduler but it only gives me an option to repeat the service daily, weekly and ...
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Windows - Use Local Service and/or Network Service account for a windows service
I've created a window's service that monitors files on a specific directory on our Windows OS. When a file is detected, the service does some file I/O, reads the files, creates sub-directories, etc. ...
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Windows 10 service called AarSvc_70f961. What is it and how could I disable it?
Recently I noticed a service in my windows 10 (v.1903, non-insider) installation with these properties:
Service name: AarSvc_70f96
Display name: Agent Activation Runtime_70f961
Description: Runtime ...
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svchost.exe eating CPU: which of these services can be the cause?
Thanks to these awesome instructions I was finally (!) able to identify the services of the svchost.exe process which eats so much of my CPU on my Windows XP Professional SP3 (Version 2002):
Process ...
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How do I extract a list of services AND what account they run as?
The emphasis of this question is on the second half.
I know how to extract a list of all the services and how to filter on their state. However, what I am unsure how to do is to extract the user ...
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Windows 10 - Which services and Windows features and so on are unnecesary and can be safely disabled? [closed]
I am a Windows power user, tweaker, and tinkerer. I use Windows Explorer, cmd, Control Panel, PowerShell and everything that can be accessed from the Control Panel very often.
Recently I have done a ...
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w32time: The computer did not resync because no time data was available
I am using Windows Time Service to synchronize the time between two machines in a network. The network is isolated and it doesn't have internet connectivity. I configure one of the machines in the ...
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Cannot start CNTLM
When I try to start CNTLM, it fails. If I check in my Windows Event Log I see the message:
starting service 'cntlm' failed: fork 11, Resource temporarily unavailable
It worked before I updated to ...
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How can I disable Background intelligent transfer service (Permanently)?
I've tried to disable Background Intelligent Transfer service using two methods:
RegEdit and services.msc
After restarting the computer, the service runs at start-up again. How can I disable it ...
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Windows 10 Home - 1809 Virtualization Features
I'm running Windows 10 Home edition. Recently updated to 1809. Found a few new features and services related to virtualization. Does this mean Hyper-V is now available for Home edition too? What do ...
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Run a scheduled task after a Windows service is started
I want to run a scheduled task every time after a given service is started. I have looked for a way to set a trigger on a service start, so that the service in question may be started automatically ...
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Is there a shortcut to search in the Windows services list?
Does anyone know, if there is a shortcut to search a service in the Windows services list ?
I tried the Ctrl + F but no way.
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How to restart clipboard service on Windows 10?
I have been experiencing problems pasting data as a metafile after a change in the display scaling (DPI settings) of my primary monitor on Windows 10. The only way to fix the problem so far is to log ...
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PsExec requirements on local computer
What services and settings are required to run psexec on local computer?
(e.g. psexec -s -i -d regedit)
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What can a service do on Windows?
What kind malware/spyware could someone put into a service that doesn't have it's own process on windows? I mean services that use svchost.exe for example, like this:
Could a service spy on my ...
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Alternative to the Windows Service Manager (services.msc) which supports filtering out signed Microsoft executables? [closed]
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 feature....
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How do I run a Windows command as a service?
I'm using Windows 7. I run this command in a command prompt to start a memcached server:
memcached.exe -d start
However, I would like to set things up to run this command automatically when my ...
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Fix Synergy so it works on Login/Locked screen
I like Synergy -- I have it set up on a mac (server) and windows 7 (client), but I have a couple problems with it on windows:
I'd like it to start automatically on boot
It doesn't work on the login/...
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How to Create Local Windows Desktop Service Accounts?
Question:
In Windows Home / Professional, (Windows 10), what is the recommended way to create a Local Service Account?
Is there any documentation for this? (Powershell, GUI, etc).
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How to access mapped directory from a windows service
As a rule of thumb Windows services can't access mapped drives and you have to use UNC paths instead.
I'm convinced that there's a way around this so that a Windows service can access a mapped drive ...
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In Windows 7 Home Premium, is it possible to grant a user account the "log on as a service" right and if so, how?
The title says it all. I need to have the ability for a local user account to log on as a service on a computer running Windows 7 Home Premium. In Windows 7 Ultimate, this is accomplished by going to ...
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How to disable or remove AppXSVC
I have noticed that this service AppXSVC starts automatically whenever I start Firefox my default browser (but not with chrome)!
is there anyway to completely disable or remove this service? thanks in ...
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Edit windows service to log on as specific user using a batch script
I have several programs that are installed as a service.
By default, after installation, the service runs as Local System Account.
I can change it through services.msc, service properties to the ...
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Can't Access Windows 10 Update Orchestrator Service [duplicate]
I'm on build 1803 of Windows 10 Home. I need to disable Update Orchestrator Service aka. UsoSvc because I am running several scientific analysis programs (Biochemistry) that are required for work but ...
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Unable to start service in window 10 by using NSSM
I have create a small script file to test.
This my script.bat file.
sc create myService binpath= C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\test.bat start= auto
This is my test.bat file.
echo "Welcome to Wizard"
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batch: configure a service to logon as a user with password
trying to configure Service1 service on windows 7 sp1 to logon as user user1 with password password1 using this batch script:
net user user1 /delete
net user user1 password1 /add
net localgroup ...
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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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How do you fix the Microsoft Service "Diagnostic Policy Service" taking up about 4GB memory and about 1 cpu core at 100%?
How do you fix the Microsoft "Diagnostic Policy Service" taking up about 4GB memory and about 1 cpu core at 100%?
I found out there is a process that keeps using up tons of CPU because my ...
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How to launch python script as a windows Services
Using python 2.7 and windows 7. I have a python file(.py). I want to launch this script as a windows services, i.e. this code will keep on running from start to end and never terminate.
I can convert ...
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How to assign permissions to manage windows service when UAC is enabled?
I have following scenario:
I'm local admin on my computer with Windows 7 Enterprise and UAC enabled
Computer is not in domain and is not under group policy
I run some program without running it as ...
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php-cgi.exe as a windows service
I am trying to start PHP as a service, I run this command:
C:\Windows\system32>sc create PHPSERVER binpath= "C:\php\php-cgi.exe -b 127.0.0.1:9000" start= auto
[SC] CreateService SUCCESS
But the ...
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A way to stop MpsSvc (Windows Firewall) service in Windows 10
Is there actually a way to stop MpsSvc.exe service in Windows 10 without a reboot?
I can stop the service neither via UI nor via cmd.
For now, I only know a method when you set the startup type to "...
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How do I make an exe into a service on Windows?
I recently made an application that has multiple parts. One of the parts is a networking tool - it always starts with the OS, and it never displays any sort of message. It does, however, start an ...
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What is the PrintWorkflow_<6-hex-digits> service in Windows 10?
We were having an issue this evening deleting a print job with a printer that was connected to a printer server... we couldn't get rid of the job, and on the workstation when the job originated we ...
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Need command to edit a service's log on to Local System Account
When you right click a service in services.msc and go to properties and Log On, it lets you change it to Local System account, how can I switch to that setting with a batch command, I want to switch ...
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How to disable Windows Optical Burning Services on Windows 10
I have calibration power issues with my BluRay RW unit and Nero. In past I have fixed this issue deactivating Windows IMAPI service that is a built in feature that allows you to use udf file system ...
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Triggering tasks and running programs when Windows 7 is plugged in or unplugged? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a way to execute a program on power events?
Is there a Windows event that I can watch in Task Scheduler that will trigger when the power is plugged in? And an event ...
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What keeps re-enabling update orchestrator service in Windows 10?
The following services have successfully been disabled, and their executable files that activate them have had their security permissions removed under propteries:
Background Intelligent Transfer ...
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An error occurred while Internet Connection Sharing was being enabled
I want to share my lan internet connection over my hosted network. But it's being failed due to An error occurred while Internet Connection Sharing was being enabled...
I found this post but all the ...
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Running postgres as a service on windows starts and stops immediately
Since I restarted windows to install updates, Postgres stopped starting as a service. I thought it may be a permissions so I gave everyone the ability to to modify the postgres install folder. I ...
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Run Windows services without administrator privileges
How can I start and stop Windows 2008 services without administrator privileges?
I want to give a non-admininstrator user rights to start and stop Windows services.
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Can I configure windows search service only for Outlook, but NOT SearchIndexer?
Outlook 2010 seem to rely it's search features on windows search, in windows 7. I want to disable SearchIndexer.exe from indexing my hard drives, permamently. However I wish to keep the search ...
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which windows service is responsible for the mouse?
Is there a service responsible for controling the mouse? I want to try stop/starting it after making a few control panel changes via the registry.
(I need to get the changes to apply witout ...
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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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Identifying Windows service generating network traffic
Windows services run within host processes. Observing the traffic using Windows 8's Resource Monitor, I see traffic generated by svchost.exe (netsvcs). It appears to be directed towards an IP address ...
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