Appendix F. List of Default Services
Table F-1 contains a list of the default services you’ll find installed on a Windows Server 2003 system and their default startup type and status.
Table F-1. List of default services in Windows Server 2003
Display name | Service name | Startup type/status | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Alerter | alerter | Disabled/Stopped | Notifies selected users and computers of administrative alerts. If the service is stopped, programs that use administrative alerts will not receive them. |
Application Layer Gateway Service | alg | Manual/Stopped | Provides support for application-level protocol plug-ins and enables network connectivity. |
Application Management | appmgmt | Manual/Stopped | Processes installation, removal, and enumeration requests for Active Directory IntelliMirror group policy programs. If the service is disabled, users will be unable to install, remove, or enumerate any IntelliMirror programs. |
Automatic Updates | wuauserv | Automatic/Started | Enables the download and installation of critical Windows updates. If the service is disabled, the operating system can be manually updated at the Windows Update Web site. |
Background Intelligent Transfer Service | bits | Manual/Started | Transfers data between clients and servers in the background. If BITS is disabled, features such as Windows Update will not work correctly. |
ClipBook | clipsrv | Disabled/Stopped | Enables ClipBook Viewer to store information and share it with remote computers. |
COM+ Event System | eventsystem | Manual/Started | Supports System Event Notification Service (SENS), which ... |
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