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Chapter 11: Using Operating System Classes 241

If inMask AND 1048576 Then strPerm = strPerm & "Synchronize, "

strAccessMask = strPerm

End Function

Using the Service Classes

Two classes are in this group: Win32_BaseService and Win32_Service. Each class contains 10

methods. Win32_BaseService has 22 properties, and Win32_Service has 25 properties. In 22

cases, the properties are identical; three unique properties are defined in Win32_Service:

Checkpoint, ProcessID, and WaitHint. This makes sense because Win32_BaseService is used to

describe a service that starts when the Windows operating system starts. These are very low-

level types of services that do not belong to any particular user; rather, they are owned by the

system. All of these base ...