›› What do the values under the General tab of the service properties dialog mean?

The General tab gives you a lot more detailed information about each particular service. Here are the values under the General tab and what each one means:

• Service Name
• Official name for the service, cannot be changed
• Display Name
• Name that appers in the services control panel, a "user friendly" name that can be changed if the user desires
• Description
• Brief description of what the service does, not always understandable to the average user
• Path to executable
• Location on the hard drive where the service's executable is located, an example is C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k LocalService
• Startup Type
• Allows you to choose how the service is started when the computer boots up and can be set to: Automatic, Manual, or Disabled
• Automatic: Service will start automatically as soon as you boot up your computer-requires no intervention from you
• Manual: Service will not start automatically when you boot up your computer, but it is always available, and will turn on once it is needed by another program or service-allows your system to run a little faster while keeping the service available for use
• Disabled: Service will not start automatically when you boot up your computer, and will not be available to run if another program or service needs it to function
• Service Status
• Allows you to manually Start, Stop, Pause, or Resume the service
• Start Parameters
• Allows you to type in the value for the start parameters that apply when you start the service

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