Click Services in the Management section to display a list of services that are running on the Host computer. Services are programs that can run in the background, that is not displaying on the desktop, to support operating system or application functionalities.
The Services tool enables you to start, stop, pause, resume and restart Host computer services, to add and remove services and to change the properties of services.
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Only Windows NT and later (NT, 2000, XP, 2003, 2008, Vista, and 7) can manage services. Consequently, the Services command is enabled only if the Host computer runs on a Windows NT or later operating system.
The following commands are available from the Services menu and from the shortcut menu that opens when you right-click the data panel:
Add...
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Adds a service on the Host computer. Follow the instructions in the wizard that opens.
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Remove
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Deletes a service.
When a Services record is deleted, the service status and startup type change to "Stopped" and "Disabled". When the application that uses the service is unloaded, the record is removed.
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Deleting a Services record and removing the service will affect dependent services. Dependencies are shown on the Dependencies tab on the Properties dialog box: Right-click and select Properties on the shortcut menu.
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Restart
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Stops and starts the service.
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Stopping, pausing or restarting a service may affect dependent services. Dependencies are shown on the Dependencies tab on the Properties dialog box: Right-click and select Properties on the shortcut menu.
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Refresh
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Retrieve new information from the Host computer to refresh the displayed information.
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Properties
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Displays properties for the service on three tab pages.
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Do not change service properties unless you know exactly what you are doing. Keep notes of changes to enable restoring properties if changes cause an unexpected behavior.
Use the Startup type field to change the way the service starts.
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If you change Startup type to "Disabled", a service which has already been started or paused does not change its status, but when it is stopped, it can no longer be started.
Use the Start, Stop, Pause and Resume buttons to control the service.
The Start parameters field is enabled when a service is "Stopped". Specify any parameters like command line options to be used when the service is started.
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Start parameters are not saved. A backslash (\) is interpreted as an ESCAPE character. Specify two backslashes for each backslash in a parameter.
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Use the Log on as options to specify how to log on to a service using a different account.
• | Use Local System account to log on as a local system account that has extensive rights on the Host computer, but no rights on other computers (typically the default selection). |
• | Use This account to log on as a specific user and specify the user credentials in the fields. |
To specify that the selected Host computer service should use the Local Service account, type NT AUTHORITY\LocalService. To specify that it should use the Network Service account, specify NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService. Do not specify a password for these accounts; both of them have built-in passwords.
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Displays dependencies and dependants. You cannot change dependencies on this tab.
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