Services in System Registry

[J Stutzmann]

I'm running Windows XP Home version and when I looked the Registry I can
find:

HKLM\....\Run and RunOnce

but I can't find HKLM\....\RunServices

Where in the registry would the services load if they didn't load there?

Thanks!

 

[Wesley Vogel]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SvcHost

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services

A description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056

 

[J Stutzmann]

Thanks Wesley.

That may be it.

I found HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\SvcHost

In 314056 MS had recommended using Tasklist /SVC to view a list if services
and I tried that also but got an error message that it couldn't find
Tasklist Cmd

In the MS Knowledge Base it did say that SvcHost applied to XP Pro ---- I
have the Home Version so I'm not sure why I would have this in my machine

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Tasklist does not come with XP Home.

Tasklist.exe available here:

http://www.computerhope.com/download/winxp.htm

Or

http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/utils/

Or

http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/utils/tasklist.exe


Copy it to C:\WINDOWS\system32

Start | Run | type: cmd | OK
When Command window opens type:

tasklist /svc | ENTER

Also:
tasklist /?

Displays Help and usage.

 

[J Stutzmann]

Wesley:

Cool! You were right -- it worked. Thanks a million!!!

Joe

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Keep having fun, Joe ;-)