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Manage Windows Services: Create, Configure & Set Recovery Options (Win10/11)
Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 20 minutes
Introduction
Windows Services run in the background and are used for everything from networking to third‑party utilities. Knowing how to create, configure and set...
admin rights
automation
event viewer
log on as a service
new service
powershell
recovery options
sc.exe
service configuration
service management
service recovery
services.msc
startuptype
troubleshooting
windows 10
windows 11
windows services
Hi,
After updating with the May 2020 update (Windows 10 Professional version 2004), I noticed some services with strange names ending with 4 numbers as shown in the picture attached. It was previously named with another number, but I tried disabling it via Registry, and after restart the...
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