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Microsoft® Windows® Security Resource Kit, Second Edition
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Microsoft® Windows® Security Resource Kit, Second Edition

by Ben Smith, Brian Komar, The Microsoft Security Team
March 2005
Intermediate to advanced
752 pages
19h 47m
English
Microsoft Press
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Default Services in Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, and Windows XP

In Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, and Windows XP, many services are installed by default with the operating system. Each service is configured according to different security needs. You should evaluate each service to determine whether the service is required by computers on your network and whether you need to change the permissions on the startup value, change the startup value itself, or change the permissions for the service. The following list describes each of these default services.

Note

Unless otherwise noted, all services are installed by default in Windows Server ...

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