Part 26 What is a windows service

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In this video, we will discuss
1. What is a windows service and how do they differe from regular applications and programs
2. How to view all the services installed on a windows machine
3. What is the use of windows services

What is a windows service and how do they differ from regular applications and programs
A windows service is similar to any other program or application running on a windows machine. The following are the differences between a windows service and a regular application
1. Windows service runs in the background
2. They can be configured to start automatically when the system starts
3. They don't have user interface.

How to view all the services installed on a windows machine
1. Open run windows by pressing Windows + R key
3. The services window should display all the services installed on your computer

What is the use of windows services
Windows services provide core operating system features such as
Event Logging - Windows Event Log Service
Providing Security - Windows Firewall Service
Error reporting - Windows Error Reporting Service

In our next video, we will discuss, creating a windows service to host a WCF service

[vladislavkaras]

Thanks for the video!
One thing is a bit unclear for me.

What is the difference between a service and having a program in the background?
Like, you could put a program with command line interface (or no interface at all) in the background and put it in the start up folder.

[punithaps]

Thanks alot for the content it's really helpful for my interview....

[uwegrund]

Thank you very much! Perfect eplanations!

[sujitraul]

Windows service can be used to poll any I/O device like dB table

[mahendranr]

Hi Venkat, Can you please tell me, which service is responsible for listing accessed machines? Which windows feature responsible for saving the list of computer names history, which are accessed earlier.

[priyankalenka]

Can't a window service has it's own functionality that it can perform in background continuously, is window service only used to host a wcf service on it, and has no functionality of its own?

[udayamkumar]

how to run a application in windows service