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Windows 7 reinstall MS shadow copy provider (swprv) while missing it's registry, no restore points and regsvr32 commands is not a way
I have a specific problem with Win 7 (along with thousands other users). My Windows 64 bit Service Pack 1 restore system doesn't work, I can't create a restore point in Windows Defence (Error ...
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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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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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When System PID 4 is locking a file or folder, How can I determine what program/process/service is locking it without guesswork?
(This question is not a duplicate of Find out which process is locking a file or folder in Windows I am asking specifically about when PID-4 is locking it (besides the fact that i'm saying without ...
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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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Can't run most services. How do I fix that?
I had a mild suspicion that someone accessed my PC remotely, so I went into services and disabled some of them (like remote registry), just in case.
Unfortunately, I disabled something necessary, too....
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Keeping track of service changes on Windows?
Applications often add new services to Windows, some of which start automatically even though they are unnecessary and sometimes interfere with other programs for no good reason.
Is there any way to ...
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How to diagnose abnormal CPU usage by svchost.exe? [duplicate]
I've got a laptop with a Win 7 32-bit system powered by a dual-core Pentium (it's a 2010 laptop). Sometimes it works fine, but usually it idles at 100% CPU load. The CPU is consumed by two svchost.exe ...
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Finding CPU usage of a service
Because my laptop fan was spinning up for no reason, I had a look at the CPU usage and I see svchost with 12.5% CPU, which is basically a full core.
Now, I'm aware that svchost runs services and I ...
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How to stop the Windows Update process when Windows refuses to stop it?
Many websites, including SuperUser, recommend restarting the Windows Update service in order to fix the common problem of Windows Update getting stuck at 0% downloading.
When I try to stop the ...
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"Permission Denied" when killing process
When I try to kill a specific process (avastUI.exe), I got "permission denied".
Obviously, the current user is in the Administrator group.
I'm not looking for a way to kill this process, I just want ...
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How to show console of hidden (background) task in Windows?
I am using task scheduler. I am runing many console software on Startup.
The console software works great in the background.
Sometimes I want to see the "CONSOLE" of those software.
Is there any way ...
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is SCCM a single windows service or multiple service that takes its jobs separately from the SCCM db
After installing SCCM I found six windows service installed namely
SMS_EXECUTIVE
SMS_NOTIFICATION_SERVER
SMS_SITE_BACKUP
SMS_SITE_COMPONENT_MANAGER
SMS_SITE_SQL_BACKUP
SMS_SITE_VSS_WRITER
I really ...
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Services manager that lets me copy service name?
services.msc and programs I've tried lack an essential feature - ability to copy service name in order to Google it. Do you know a proper services manager?
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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 ...
