ServicesNotes

ServicesNotes

You must be logged on as a member of the Administrators group to configure service settings.

Some services, such as the Plug and Play service, can't be paused or stopped .

Some services, such as the DNS Client service, can be stopped but not paused.

To quickly stop and restart a running service, right-click on running service Restart.

If you pause a service on which other services depend, the dependent services aren't paused but may not function as expected.

If you stop a service that has dependent services, these dependent services will also be stopped. You will then have to restart all of the stopped services independently since, unfortunately , you can't select multiple services in Services and restart them.

The Server service, which is fundamental to file-sharing functionality, has some special behaviors to note:

If you pause the service, users will be unable to form new connections with the server. The exception is that members of the Administrators and Server Operators groups will still be able to form new connections with the server.
If you stop the Server service on a remote computer, you will no longer be able to administer it remotely using Computer Management. You will have to go to the console of the remote computer and restart the service locally.

Some services have additional settings that can be configured. For example, the SNMP service has settings for Agent, Traps, and Security, which you can configure from the properties sheet of the service.

If you modify services and the computer fails to boot properly upon restarting, try booting to Safe Mode.

When configuring reboot as a recovery action, you can create a custom message sent to remote users warning them of the impending reboot and can specify the time interval before it takes place. For example, you may want to warn connected users before stopping the Server service since this will terminate their connections, causing them to lose unsaved work.

The Services and Applications container in Computer Management contains not only the Services node but also other nodes enabling more detailed configuration of services such as DHCP, DNS, Indexing, IIS, Message Queuing, Telephony, WINS, and WMI Control.

Services are typically disabled for security reasons to prevent unauthorized users or services from starting them.

Services can be enabled or disabled for each hardware profile on the machine.

If you are using a custom Services console, you can hide the console tree using View Customize deselect Console Tree (or use the Show/Hide button on the toolbar). This gives you a better view of the settings of the various services.

Services doesn't refresh automaticallyuse Action Refresh to display the current state of all services on your system.

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