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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How to disable a McAfee service?
I am trying to disable a McAfee Real-Time Protection service, but if I go into Services/Properties, then try to set it to Manual or Disable - it says that
unable to open service McShield for
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How to find out what service is consuming bandwidth in windows?
The resource monitor shows that a svchost is consuming all of the bandwidth.
How can I check which of these services is the one responsible for this?
My resource monitor showing the service host ...
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What is the Office Source Engine and what does it do?
What is the purpose of the Office Source Engine service that Microsoft installs for newer versions of the Office suite?
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How to create a custom service that will autostart on boot on Archlinux?
I'would like to run a simple command upon startup on Archlinux (systemd):
nohup fatrat -n &
I've got this working on Debian:
#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/fatratWS
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: ...
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Are there any torrent clients that run as a service?
I turn off all of my computers at night except for my server. I'd like to be able to have my torrent downloads run on my server, which won't be logged in, so I'm wondering if there are any clients ...
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Disk Management problem; " The service cannot be started,"
I am trying to shrink a volume on Windows 7 Professional using Disk Management but get the following error:
Virtual Disk Manager
The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or ...
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How to run a headless VM with VBoxManager as a windows service
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I want to run this command VBoxManage startvm MyVM --type headless at the boot system just like a service (postgres, apache) does.
What i've tried
1. I've tried to create a service using ...
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Pin "View Local Services" to Windows 7 Taskbar?
I have to view the Windows services often and would like to pin the "View Local Services" to the Windows 7 taskbar somehow. It doesn't work when I try to drag it from the start menu, nor can I drag a ...
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Malware or strange Windows services behaviour?
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I recently noticed some services that had odd values appended to the service name when tidying up my PC. In the output from sc query they look like this:
SERVICE_NAME: CDPUserSvc_40b5c
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Now who's using my COM port?
I am trying to figure out who's locking my COM port. Tried to search but could not find a way to figure that out. I am using XP.
Was wondering if 'Process Explorer' utility provides something for the ...
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What is the Windows drivers\etc\services file for?
Normally there's a "services" file in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc , it lists out the services running and the port to be used.
However what does the word "service" mean here? It's not the "...
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PsExec requirements on local computer
What services and settings are required to run psexec on local computer?
(e.g. psexec -s -i -d regedit)
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Best srvany.exe for Windows XP and Windows 7? [closed]
What is the best program to use on windows XP and Windows 7 to do what srvany.exe does on windows NT (run a process as a service)?
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What can a service do on Windows?
What kind malware/spyware could someone put into a service that doesn't have it's own process on windows? I mean services that use svchost.exe for example, like this:
Could a service spy on my ...
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Alternative to the Windows Service Manager (services.msc) which supports filtering out signed Microsoft executables? [closed]
Is there a Service Manager for Windows which allows me to easily filter out all the Microsoft services with verified signatures?
I've looked at Turbo Services Manager but it doesn't have this feature....
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