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Triggering tasks and running programs when Windows 7 is plugged in or unplugged? [duplicate]
Is there a Windows event that I can watch in Task Scheduler that will trigger when the power is plugged in? And an event when the power is unplugged?
I want to start and stop CrashPlan while on ...
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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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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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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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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 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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The State Repository Service service terminated with the following error: The system cannot find the file specified
I have started getting weird behaviour on my Windows 10 laptop, without really changing anything myself. For example, it's much slower, the start menu won't open and the powershell throws some error ...
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Better service manager utility for Windows? [closed]
The default service manager utility in Windows is kind of inconvenient.
Is there any (possibly free) utility that can...
Change startup settings of multiple services at once (using checkboxes or ...
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Service with startup type automatic doesn't start after reboot
We have a custom service that runs on Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit.
It has startup type of "Automatic". However, after a reboot, the service does not start automatically. It does start if we manually ...
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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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Where is the Windows Application Experience service in Windows 10?
I'm having some file handle problems so I need to turn on the Windows Application Experience service, which is turned off by default.
I've tried
Run services.msc -> Application Experience
but ...
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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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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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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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