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cmd // stop service ONLY if it's running, otherwise declare a variable
I'd like to make a short script which:
Checks if specified services are running.
If they do then they should be stopped (otherwise declare variable/s for the last point).
Then there will be some code ...
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When can/should a Windows service Start type be "Boot" or "System" instead of "Automatic"?
While running the Services.msc GUI offers the ability to manually set a Windows service start type to Automatic, Automatic (Delayed start), Manual, or Disabled, the configuration of services is stored ...
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What do the service values "CHECKPOINT" and "WAIT_HINT" mean?
I'm trying to troubleshoot some issues with a service, including a service not starting up properly. So I typed the command sc queryex <servicename> (documentation here). Most of the results are ...
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How to start a Windows service with a different working directory than system32
Is there any way to start a service using sc (or any other tool) on Windows and set its working directory to a different one than C:\Windows\system32 (which is the default one) ?
I know I can specify ...
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How to Export List of All services and user owner stated on services.msc to csv
I want to export a list with all services and users owners "Log on as" from services.msc
In services.msc i can export the details to csv but the results are getting messy.
I saw THAT and ...
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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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When windows service is installed under different user it requires manual "Log On" is this expected?
using golang example I created windows service application, as mentioned in documentation I configured with service user and password. I'm using a batch script that will execute
@REM install ...
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Windows 10 missing service
I'm trying to use a smart card on my computer and I can't get it to read on one of my computers even though using the exact same reader works on the other. Both are running Windows 10 21H1. Plugging ...
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Run a windows service if not connected to a particular Wi-Fi network
Currently, I have the OpenVPN windows service set up, and it runs well. I wanted to know if there was a way to make it connect to the VPN whenever I am not connected to my home network (connected to ...
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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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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?
Thanks!
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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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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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What can cause a Windows Service startup type to change?
Remote workers at my company use a program to capture and store data. The program has a background service called the "scheduler" that connects to and transfers data back up to our home office on a ...
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Enable or Disable Windows Service depending on which user logs on
So I want to disable or enable a service depending on which user logs on, as it's a service that only needs to be active for a specific user, and otherwise gobbles up unnecessary system resources.
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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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How to change applications name after starting the applications. windows
Hey i'm wondering if it's possible to rename a proccess's name after opening it, i'm not talking about display name (the window title), I mean say for example google chrome. If I opened it, it'd be ...
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What Windows 7 services are responsible for automatically increasing free disk space?
On a Windows 7 box, the system partition is low on free space. It typically hovers around 4GB free.
About once a week, I've been told the system partition "magically" increases its free space to ...
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How to kill Windows Update Medic Service
Having extreme difficulties getting Windows to stop auto-restarting my workstation after updates. I've lost so much work I don't even care anymore, I just want to disable the whole thing.
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Windows Service dependency not respected
I have two windows services installed in Windows 7 environment:
Tomcat Webserver
MariaDB database
These services have dependency relationship, Tomcat depends on MariaDB.
When I shutdown windows I ...
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Delivery Optimization Service can't be disabled after the last Windows 10 Update
I'm always disabling this service because it keeps using my whole bandwidth.. but after the October update, there is like a restriction or something because when I tried to disable it using the ...
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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):
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Scheduling starting a service before another service
I have a service that needs to be started only BEFORE another 3rd party service who's Startup Type is Automatic.
How is this possible.
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Start and stop Windows services using PowerShell
I'm running both Apache (as a Windows service) and IIS 10, and would like to be able to toggle each of these services on or off, as they both grab port 80, and I don't wish to configure either to use ...
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What determines which services svchost.exe hosts?
When viewing processes under Process Explorer, there is services.exe, which has several svchost.exe subprocesses. Each of these hosts one or more services. However, selection of services in single ...
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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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Why Superfetch is enabled after restarting computer?
I had disabled the Superfetch from services.msc but it was enabled by itself after restarting the computer. I don't want to use it. How do I disable it completely?
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OpenSSH in Windows PE 10
I'm using WinPE10 (10586), that I've built using ADK10. I was going to install SSH Server in it. I've found only one suitable: OpenSSH.
But discovered, that I need sc.exe to use this server. I tried ...
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Window's Service set to manual startup, but automatically starting
I have a very strange thing happening on a Windows 10 machine.
I have a Windows service that is set startup manually. I wrote a script that starts the service when on the desktop. Basically a net ...
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