FBA Service Data

[Gordon Smith \(eMVP\)]

I'm pretty sure I know the answer already - I just want confirmation.

Does the FBA resource of Service Data do **ANYTHING** other than creating
the registry keys under HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\XXXX?

In other words: Is it equivalent to simply use a registry export of the
service data instead of using the FBA resource?

--Gordon Smith (eMVP)

 

[Gordon Smith \(eMVP\)]

minus the Enum branch of course...

 

[Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\)]

Hi Gordon,

It should access only ControlSet001\Services without Enum.
Enum branch is usually create dynamically during boot.
You can check this by loading offline registry and examining Enum branch.

So basically it is the same thing as populating Services registry values
directly, although "Service Data" looks more user friendly.

Regards,
Slobodan

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[Guest]

I'm not certian, but I think it also registers the service in the SCM database (similar to running the CreateService API). I don't think you can install/run a service simply by adding the reg entries, but I may be wrong.