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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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Does Windows ever stop services when resuming from sleep?

I'm running on windows 8. Occasionally, when I resume from sleep, my service gets a stop request through the SCM (call to SvcCtrlHandler with SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP). I wasn't able to trace the source ...
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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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Is it safe to restart virtual disk service?

Will it cause any problems to restart virtual disk service? What does it do? We have a USB hard drive that does not appear in my computer or disk manager, but does appear in device manager. My ...
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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A service when run as Local Service gets stopped in Windows 2008

A service associated with a Java application deployed in my system runs fine when it is running with Local System account but I want to run it with Local Service. I changed from Local System account ...
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