Explanation of the type Value in Services Key

[Justin Dearing]

I am trying to gain an understanding of the Services Key of the
windows registry. I want to know if their is a resource that explains
what different values of the Type value under a service Key mean. Also
the what is the purpose of the security value under the security key?

 

[Dave Patrick]

From the resource kit;

[1] A kernel-mode device driver.
[2] A file system driver.
[4] A set of arguments for an adapter.
[8] A file system driver service, such as a file system recognizer.
[16] A Win32 program that runs in a process by itself. This type of Win32
service can be started by the service controller. [32] A Win32 program that
shares a process. This type of Win32 service can be started by the service
controller.
[272] A Win32 program that runs in a process by itself (like Type16) and
that can interact with users.
[288] A Win32 program that shares a process and that can interact with
users.

Stores the security descriptor for the service. A security descriptor
specifies the security attributes of the service, including the security
identifier (SID) (user or group) and access control lists associated with
the service.

Applications view and edit this entry by using the
QueryServiceObjectSecurity() and SetServiceObjectSecurity() Win32 APIs.

 

[Dave Patrick]

From the resource kit;

[1] A kernel-mode device driver.
[2] A file system driver.
[4] A set of arguments for an adapter.
[8] A file system driver service, such as a file system recognizer.
[16] A Win32 program that runs in a process by itself. This type of Win32
service can be started by the service controller. [32] A Win32 program that
shares a process. This type of Win32 service can be started by the service
controller.
[272] A Win32 program that runs in a process by itself (like Type16) and
that can interact with users.
[288] A Win32 program that shares a process and that can interact with
users.

Stores the security descriptor for the service. A security descriptor
specifies the security attributes of the service, including the security
identifier (SID) (user or group) and access control lists associated with
the service.

Applications view and edit this entry by using the
QueryServiceObjectSecurity() and SetServiceObjectSecurity() Win32 APIs.