Windows Server Cookbook

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 ...