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DrModiford: Included examples of Windows services

2007-10-20T21:06:08Z

Included examples of Windows services

2007-10-20T20:57:54Z

Added disclaimer noting this not being a FreeBSD specific term

2007-10-20T20:56:14Z

Expanded the text of this article

2005-09-22T18:37:47Z

2005-09-22T18:37:29Z

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See [[daemon]]

[[Category : Windows Equivalents]]

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 The services on Windows platforms are controlled through a Control Panel applet.  On Windows 2000 and later this is launched as an MMC snapin called 'services.msc'.  Services can be stopped, started and paused and can be set to start automatically, manually or simply be disabled.
-See [[daemons]]
+Typical services deployed on a Windows 2003 Server (shipped with the operating system CD-ROM itself) include [[DHCP]], [[DNS]] and [[IIS]] (Internet Information Server) but others exist separately for handling email, backups, etc.
 [[Category : Windows Equivalents]]

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		+	''This is a non-FreeBSD specific term. It features in this wiki for reference.''
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	A 'service' is a general term used to refer to a background process running on an operating system, usually associated with Microsoft operating systems based on NT (including later incarnations Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista, both workstation and server). On UNIX and Unix-like operating systems such background processes are called [[daemons]].		A 'service' is a general term used to refer to a background process running on an operating system, usually associated with Microsoft operating systems based on NT (including later incarnations Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista, both workstation and server). On UNIX and Unix-like operating systems such background processes are called [[daemons]].

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		+	A 'service' is a general term used to refer to a background process running on an operating system, usually associated with Microsoft operating systems based on NT (including later incarnations Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista, both workstation and server). On UNIX and Unix-like operating systems such background processes are called [[daemons]].
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		+	The services on Windows platforms are controlled through a Control Panel applet. On Windows 2000 and later this is launched as an MMC snapin called 'services.msc'. Services can be stopped, started and paused and can be set to start automatically, manually or simply be disabled.
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	See [[daemons]]		See [[daemons]]

	[[Category : Windows Equivalents]]		[[Category : Windows Equivalents]]

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	[[Category : Windows Equivalents]]		[[Category : Windows Equivalents]]