Help with XP SERVICES???

[Pedro Sanchez]

In services, what is the difference between "manual" and "automatic"
Also, if something is set to manual, will it START when something
requests it to start?

Confused about the manual vs automatic and when things start/stop..
Help

 

[Paul]

Hello, Pedro!
You wrote on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 20:34:02 -0400:

PS> In services, what is the difference between "manual" and "automatic"
PS> Also, if something is set to manual, will it START when something
PS> requests it to start?

PS> Confused about the manual vs automatic and when things start/stop..
PS> Help

An automatic service will begin at startup. A manual service typically
requires you to physically start it. One way to do this :

Start->Control panel->Performance and Maintenance->Administrative Tools->
Services
Highlight the service you want to start and click "Start" in the upper left.

If you need to do this a lot, you can put a shortcut to Services on your
desktop or Quick Launch bar. On the Administrative tools window, right
click the Services icon, select "Send to" then select "Desktop". Or drag
the icon to the Quick Launch bar at the lower left of the screen.

With best regards,
Paul Shafer
MCDST

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You're correct. Additionally, here is the official description.

- - -
Automatic: Specifies that the services starts automatically when the system
starts

Manual: Specifies that a user or a dependent service can start the service.
Services with Manual startup do not start automatically when the system
starts

Disabled: Prevents the services from being started by the system, a users,
or any dependent service.
- - -

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


In services, what is the difference between "manual" and "automatic"
Also, if something is set to manual, will it START when something
requests it to start?

Confused about the manual vs automatic and when things start/stop..
Help

 

[Pedro Sanchez]

You're correct. Additionally, here is the official description.

- - -
Automatic: Specifies that the services starts automatically when the system
starts

Manual: Specifies that a user or a dependent service can start the service.
Services with Manual startup do not start automatically when the system
starts

Disabled: Prevents the services from being started by the system, a users,
or any dependent service.
- - -

So, if I set up some services to manual it will ONLY load them when
they're needed?
I just disabled a bunch of services and would like to put them back to
manual but don't want them in memory unless requested?

Do I have either done correctly?

anyone??

signed,
very confused

 

[POP]

....

So, if I set up some services to manual it will ONLY load them
when
they're needed?
I just disabled a bunch of services and would like to put them
back to
manual but don't want them in memory unless requested?

Do I have either done correctly?

anyone??

signed,
very confused

Yes, you have the correct understanding.
I'll add a short caveat though. Setting a service to Manual
will NOT always allow the service to start when it's needed.
There are SOME applications that assume a required service is
already running; therefore the service doesn't start. In this
case you'd need to recognize that fact, and restart it yourself
as I noticed someone gave instructions on in a previous post.
So,
1. Keep a list of the services you change!
2. Only change services you know what they're for and are
certain you don't need.
3. If you don't know what you're doing, then change only ONE
service at a time, and give the machine a good test to be sure
everything still works OK! If you change several at once and
don't know what's going on, you could end up in a real mess where
simply restarting the services won't make things work again.
Also, some services are "removable": Don't! Disable only, in
case you need them again in the future.

HTH
Pop