Services

A service application conforms to the interface rules of the Service Control Manager (SCM). It can be started automatically at system boot, by a user through the Services control panel applet, or by an application that uses the service functions. Services can execute even when no user is logged on to the system.

A driver service conforms to the device driver protocols. It is similar to a service application, but it does not interact with the SCM. For simplicity, the term service refers to a service application in this overview.

Triggers can now be used to control service start. For more info, see Service Configuration.

• What's New in Services for Windows 8
• What's New in Services for Windows 7
• Service Changes for Windows Vista
• About Services
• Using Services
• Service Reference

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Build date: 10/26/2012