Managing Services from Task Manager

The Services tab is a new addition to Task Manager in Windows Vista. Using the Services tab, you can start and stop services and view several important aspects of the services, both running and available, on your computer. You can also use this as a shortcut to the Services console.

Access Task Manager by right-clicking the taskbar and clicking Task Manager, by pressing Ctr+Alt+Delete and clicking Start Task Manager, or by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc. The Services tab is shown in Figure 28-6.

To view more of the information displayed on the Services tab, enlarge the Task Manager window and adjust the column widths, as shown here.

Figure 28-6. To view more of the information displayed on the Services tab, enlarge the Task Manager window and adjust the column ...

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