> Gerry wrote:
>> Richard
>>
>> Further replies inline
>>
>> Richard Z wrote:
>>>> In general terms you will gain little from changing the default
>>>> settings of Services. A lot of system errors arise from users
>>>> changing the default StartUp type because they fail to appreciate
>>>> the complexity of the interdependent relationship between services.
>>>> You will find changing applications from loading on start up to
>>>> loading on demand a far more productive way to achieve better system
>>>> performance.
>>>
>>> I thought that was exactly what I was doing by changing a Service to
>>> Manual or Disabled from Automatic. It changes applications from
>>> loading on start up. Aren't we talking about the same thing? But I
>>> have read and experienced that some Services will not start on Manual
>>> when prodded. They need to be set to Automatic. Guess it's a trial
>>> and error thing.
>>
>> You are still not understanding that Services and Applications are not
>> one and the same. A Service facitates communication between the
>> operating system and
>> Applications. Most but not all Services are provided by Microsoft as
>> part of the operating system. You have discovered Black Viper. Use the
>> settings you find there. It's not a trial and error thing!
>>
>>>>> I thought that if something is set to automatic it should be running
>>>>> all the time. Yet I do remember in Services noting that is not
>>>>> always the case. As I check now only 1 is not running: Computer
>>>>> Browser. All others set to Automatic have started.
>>>>
>>>> Is your computer networked?
>>>
>>> Nope. The computer is usually connected to a router (for the hardware
>>> firewall) though.
>>>
>>>> Computer Browser "maintains an updated list of computers on the
>>>> network and supplies this list to computers designated as browsers.
>>>> If this service is stopped, this list will not be updated or
>>>> maintained. If this service is disabled, any services that
>>>> explicitly depend on it will fail to start.". Do you have any
>>>> services dependent on Computer Browser? My computer is a
>>>> Workstation, as many home computers are. Computer Browser is set to
>>>> Automatic and is not running. My computer is error free and works as
>>>> it should.
>>>
>>> I wonder why, if set on Automatic, it has not started in both mine
>>> and your situations? It's the only one of my "Automatic" Startup
>>> Types that has not started.
>>
>> Simple. The service is not required!
>
> If the service is set to Automatic Start it should start whether you
> need it or not, manual services will start when required (on demand) but
> the Automatic ones will always run. Look in the Event Viewer for errors
> related to the service. The Computer Browser service relies on the
> Workstation and Server services, most likely it isn't starting because
> the Server service isn't running. On a Stand alone machine this service
> is not required and setting it to Manual start would be the way to go.
> Unless you intend to share files or printers with others the Server
> service should be disabled, or at the very least set to manual.
>
> John

Granted it is not typical, yet some Services set to Automatic can/do also
stop running automatically when they are no longer needed.

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