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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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Export/Import Group Policies and Services Windows 10

I have configured Registries, Services, and Group Policies on Windows 10 to tailor my windows experience. I also tend to experiment with my OSes a lot and often I end up re-installing Windows and ...
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Which privileges/settings are responsible so standard user can start a service? [duplicate]

My code works fine on one computer but the same code generates error code 5 (access denied) on another computer. Essentially ::OpenService() call fails because of the flag SERVICE_START because the ...
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