Windows Services and Windows Task Manager

Windows Task Manager

Windows Task Manager provides information about computer performance, and programs and processes running on the computer.

Opening Task Manager

• Press the Ctrl, Alt and Del keys at the same time OR Right-click on the system tray.
• Click 'Task Manager'.

Ending a process

• Open Task Manager, and select the Processes tab.
• If necessary, scroll down to find the required process.
• Select the process and click on 'End Process'.

Windows Services

Windows services are programs which provide support to other programs, running in the background. Many are run on startup. They can be viewed via the control panel.

Viewing services on Windows 2000

To view services in the control panel:

• Select Start|Settings|Control Panel
• double-click 'Administrative Tools'
• double-click 'Services'.

To view services in the control panel:

• Select Start|Control Panel|Administrative Tools|Services

 If you are using 'Classic' view:

• Select Start|Control Panel|Systems and Maintenance|Administrative Tools

To view services in the control panel:

• Select Start|Settings|Control Panel
• double-click 'Services'.

To view services in the control panel:

• Select Start|Control Panel
• double-click 'Performance and Maintenance'
• double-click 'Administrative Tools'
• double-click 'Services'.

To view services in the control panel:

• Select Start|Control Panel|Administrative Tools|Services.

If you are using Classic view:

• Select Start|Control Panel|Systems and Maintenance|Administrative Tools

Double-clicking a service will display a series of tabbed pages with information about the service, including listing any dependencies.

To stop a service:

• highlight the service
• click the black square icon in the menu bar.

To start a service

• highlight the service
• click the triangular icon in the menu bar.

To restart a service

• highlight the service
• click the black square with triangle icon in the menu bar.

Some of the services listed in the 'Services' window, will have other services dependent upon them, e.g. the 'IIS Admin service'. You may need to stop dependent services when you stop the top level service. To discover whether a given service has any dependencies

• double-click the service
• in the dialog box, select the 'Dependencies' tab. A list of all dependent services is displayed.