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Faults in Windows Updates Services and more on Windows 11
My friend's been having issues with his computer when trying to update to 23H2. Initially this started with a "Something went wrong. Try to reopen Settings later." message. After digging ...
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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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Windows 10 Home resets some registry settings on reboot
For firewall purposes I made a copy of svchost.exe called mysvchost.exe and made some services run on mysvchost.exe by editing their ImagePath in the registry (under HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\...
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Why does every executable sends DNS request after deleting DNScache service?
In Windows, there is a service named DNS Client service (dnscache) caches DNS names and registers the full computer name. When it is running only svchost.exe connects to DNS server. Then I stop and ...
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Why am I unable to operate on a Windows service or edit its registry entries despite me running as SYSTEM?
I am trying to change the startup type (from auto to disabled) of a Windows service (happens to be the ZoneAlarm vsmon service) on Windows 7. The program sets permissions on the service such that ...
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Changing windows service display name?
I would like to change the display name of a windows service that has already been created. I have read online that I can just alter the value in the registry. If I alter it in the registry and then ...
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