Questions tagged [services]
On Windows, services are processes running regardless of users logging in. They provide access and features to different programs or processes. On Mac OS X, services are menu bar and context menu items available from any application that can act on a user's selection, like text or files.
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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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Services don't have MySQL Server. How to run it?
I need to run MySQL Server on a new for me laptop. There's Windows 7. And MySQL have been installed on it. In order to verify this, I opened the Programs and Features window and saw it there:
But ...
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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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Strange, similar services running on my PC: are they viruses?
there are a couple of services from UnistackSvcGroup, BcastDVRUserService and others running on my Windows 10 machine with a weird name. I did some research on the web about services from these groups ...
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ClamAV/FreshClam Update Intervals
Ubuntu 9.10
Silly question time: When the clamav-freshclam service is running, how often is clamav checking for updates? Or do I have to manually run freshclam via a cronjob?
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Windows 7 (x64) PC requires frequent rebooting
My Windows 7 (64 bit) PC develops a problem every few days and requires rebooting to fix it.
Symptoms: I will notice that it's running very slowly, the UI can't even keep up with my typing, disk is ...
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Systemd fails to locate executable although it exists
I am on Arch Linux and have this service named toto.service in /etc/systemd/system/ that I want to run:
[Unit]
Description=Toto
After=network-online.target
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ExecStart=/opt/toto.sh
[Install]
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How to delete the folder "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Diagnosis\ETLLogs" and stop Windows from piling up garbage on my SSD?
There are many mentions of this folder on the web, it's clear that it relates to Windows 10 telemetry, and many people want to get rid of this folder (it's 30 GB on my C: drive at the moment, and it ...
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Fail to start sppsvc service in Windows 11
I bought a new laptop with an Nvidia GeForce 4070 GPU and an I7 12700 CPU. After installing Microsoft Office products, the service sppsvc stopped working as a result the Office apps raised the error &...
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How can I restart gpg-agent?
Some changes in the GnuPG configuration demands a gpg-agent restart / reboot (according to the doc), but... How can I do that? I tried gpg-agent restart, service gpg-agent restart, but did not succeed....
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MySQL is not connecting with server
I am currently using MySQL 8.0.36 on Windows 10. Today, when I started my computer to work on SQL, I encountered an issue where it displayed 'No connection established.' Subsequently, I attempted to ...
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Is it possible to create a non-forking vnc service?
I followed this article to create a vnc service. The service is forking and uses a PID-file. My version of the service description — [email protected] — looks like this:
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Description=Start ...
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Why is the webserver not available in the LAN if I start the server by a service-deamon?
I have a Laravel application, if I start this application in the CLI with artisan serve --port=8081 --host=monitoring it is available in the network with monitoring:8081. I create a ServiceDaemon an ...
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What services are required for Windows Media Player to share media?
What services must be set to automatic or manual in order for the Media Sharing option in Windows Media Player to function?
I ask, because I've turned off some services, and I can't for the life of ...
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Wait for USB mount before starting NFS server on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 (zero2w) with Raspbian?
I have Raspberry Pi Zero 2 (zero2w) with Raspbian x32 installed and attached USB SSD drive which main purpose is to act as a network (image) backup server for several other devices (all Raspberry Pis -...
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