Chapter 11. Configuring Services
Getting a handle on your operating system is important. You need to know about the tools at your disposal to manage the system. In the case of Windows XP, what you really need is a means to manage services. The operating system depends on modules called services to perform just about every task. When you install a new application, you often install a service as well.
Services reside in the background where you can’t see them. They manage everything from the flow of power in your system to the indexing of files so you can search for data quickly. The operating system starts some services when the system boots, others when the system needs them, and a few won’t start at all. An application could install the service ...
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