Services
Applies To: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012
You can use the Services Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in to manage services that are running on local or remote computers — for example, to stop or start a service. You can also manage services using the sc config command.
A service is an application type that runs in the system background without a user interface and is similar to a UNIX daemon process. Services provide core operating system features, such as Web serving, event logging, file serving, printing, cryptography, and error reporting.
You can perform the following actions for services on local and remote computers:
Start, stop, pause, resume, or disable services.
Set up recovery actions to take place if a service fails — for example, restarting the service automatically or restarting the computer.
Run services in the security context of a user account that is different from the logged-on user or the default computer account.
Enable or disable services for a particular hardware profile.
Export and save service information to a .txt or .csv file.
View the status and description of each service.
View the service dependencies.
Click Start , in the Start Search box, type services.msc , and then press Enter .
To open the Services snap-in in Windows Server® 2012, click Start , type services.msc .
Note
Membership in the local Administrators group, or equivalent, is required to use the Services snap-in.
For more information about troubleshooting service events and errors, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=68107.
For information about developing and using services, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=88931.