Introduction
Windows services are applications designed to run in the background on client or server systems on Microsoft platforms Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista. Windows services are instrumental to the backbone of any infrastructure that runs Microsoft operating systems.
Each time you start your computer, dozens of individual services start to support the applications, hardware, kernel, and network communications that make Microsoft Windows the robust and scalable software platform that it is. Windows services can range from simple data managers to complex enterprise communication servers, allowing for a nearly unlimited number of concurrent users and systems. The Windows service architecture is a stable and viable solution ...
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