Intro

Information on working with and creating Windows Services

Documentation

• Guidelines for Services

• Critical System Services

Tips And Tidbits

• Critical system services cannot be stopped and restarted by the Restart Manager without a system restart. 

• Critical system services include smss.exe, csrss.exe, wininit.exe, logonui.exe, lsass.exe, services.exe, winlogon.exe, System, svchost.exe with RPCSS, and svchost.exe with Dcom/PnP