Chapter 8: Securing Services

Chapter 8

Securing Services

In Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP, several applications run independent of any user and regardless of whether a user is logged on to the computer. These applications are registered as services, or more specifically, Service Control Programs (SCP). Services are controlled by the Service Control Manager (SCM), which runs as Services.exe. The configuration of services is stored in the registry, under the key HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services. You can use the Srvany.exe utility to cause an executable to run as a service.

Srvany.exe is located in the Tools folder on the CD included with this book.