Chapter 6. Services
A new default Enterprise installation of Windows Server 2008 contains more than 100 services, of which more than 40 are active and started during the Windows boot process. A full installation of all server roles, although unlikely in the real world, adds another 40 or so active, auto-start services. If you add more Windows components (such as WINS Server, Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications, Telnet Server, and so on), you can end up with another few dozen services. Even Server Core, the installation option with no graphical user interface, is not as minimalist as you ...
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