The Deep description on Windows Services
We have tried our best efforts to explore the deepth of windows services and all the given information is gathered from Microsoft notes (As its microsoft product)
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| 119. Service Name:-WINS |
| Executable Name:-wins.exe |
| Log On As:-LocalSystem |
Description:-Description: Enables NetBIOS name resolution. Presence of the WINS server(s) is crucial for locating the network resources identified using NetBIOS names. WINS servers are required unless all domains have been upgraded to Active Directory and all computers on the network are running Windows 2000 or later.
Stopping or disabling WINS results in the following:
- Location of the Windows NT 4 domains fails.
- Location of Windows 2000 Active Directory domains by Windows NT 4 clients fails.
- NetBIOS name resolution will fail, unless the device whose name must be resolved is on the same subnet as the device attempting name resolution. The device must be configured to attempt NetBIOS name resolution using broadcasts.
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| Avaliable on OS:-Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition; Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition; Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition and Windows Server 2003, Web Edition. |
| Installed through:-Add/Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components, Networking Services or Configure Your Server, Manage Your Server |
| Startup type:-Automatic |
| Service status:-Started |
| This service depends on the following system components:-NT LM Security Support Provider,
Remote Procedure Call,
Security Accounts Manager,
COM+ Event System,
Event Log
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| The following system components depend on this service:- None |
| Port Numbers used:-TCP: 42 (Replication), 135 (WINS MANAGER), 137 (WINS Registration), 1101
UDP: 445, 1100, 1512
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| 120. Service Name:- Winmgmt |
| Executable Name:-svchost.exe -k netsvcs |
| Log On As:-LocalSystem |
Description:-Provides system management information. WMI is an infrastructure for building management applications and instrumentation shipped as an integral part of the current generation of Microsoft operating systems. Its primary purpose is to reduce cost of ownership for Microsoft operating systems and applications.
The WMI infrastructure is a Microsoft Windows operating system component that moves and stores information about managed objects. The WMI infrastructure is made of two components: the Windows Management service, and the WMI repository. The Windows Management service acts as an intermediary between the providers, management applications, and the WMI repository, placing information from a provider into the WMI repository. The Windows Management Instrumentation service also accesses the WMI repository in response to queries and instructions from management applications. Finally, the Windows Management service can pass information directly between a provider and a management application. In contrast, the WMI repository acts as a storage area for information passed in by the various providers.
WMI provides access to the management data through a number of interfaces, including COM API, scripts and command-line interfaces. WMI is compatible with previous management interfaces and protocols, such as SNMP.
If this service is stopped or disabled, management data will be unavailable.
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| Avaliable on OS:-Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional; Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition; Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition; Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition and Windows Server 2003, Web Edition. |
| Installed through:-Default operating system installation |
| Startup type:-Automatic |
| Service status:-Started |
| This service depends on the following system components:-Remote Procedure Call,
Event Log
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| The following system components depend on this service:- None |
| Port Numbers used:-None |
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| 121. Service Name:-Wmi |
| Executable Name:-svchost.exe -k netsvcs |
| Log On As:-NetworkService |
Description:-This service monitors all drivers and event trace providers that are configured to publish WMI or event trace information.
If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
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| Avaliable on OS:-Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional; Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition; Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition; Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition and Windows Server 2003, Web Edition. |
| Installed through:-Default operating system installation |
| Startup type:-Manual |
| Service status:-Stopped |
| This service depends on the following system components:-None |
| The following system components depend on this service:-None |
| Port Numbers used:-None |
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