This shows details of Windows services and devices.

How to stop or start a service or device

You can attempt to stop or start a service or device by right-clicking the service or device in the grid and selecting Start Service or Stop Service from the shortcut menu. You must be a member of the Spotlight Diagnostic Administrators group to use the Start Service and Stop Service options.

The columns of the grid are:

Service

This shows the name of the service or driver as reported to the system. The tree to the left of the names is a dependency tree, showing all services or drivers that depend on the particular service.

Display Name

This is the friendly name of the service or driver.

Start up

This shows how the service acts on Windows start

Automatic Starts every time the system starts, after the Boot and System devices start.
Manual Requires manual startup or another service or device to request its startup.
Disabled Does not start and cannot be manually started.
Boot Starts every time the system starts, before any other devices start.
Demand Starts when the device is detected or needed for a specific event.
System Starts every time the system starts, after the Boot devices start.

Service Type

Shows what type of program this is.

Current State

Shows what the current status is of the service or driver. The status can be Running, Not Running or Paused.

Service Account

The account under which the service runs.

Running PID

Is the process ID of the application running the service. This is available only for services.

Process Path Name

Shows the path of the process or system extension that controls this service or device. This cannot be retrieved for all devices.