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In Windows terminology, what designates a computer as a "browser"?
A concise description of the Windows' "Browser" service provided from a reference site is:
Maintains an updated list of computers on the network and supplies this list to computers designated as ...
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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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Windows processes and services
What does the "-k" mean in the executabl path: C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs for LanmanServer? I've looked in various books and searched online extensively and cannot find anything.
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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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Why does Windows 10 need Message Queuing service and why the service is installed by default?
I've upgraded two systems from Windows 7 to 10 and both have the MSMQ service installed after upgrade. None of those systems had it installed before.
The presence of the service is not a problem in ...
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