Services
A service, in Microsoft Windows, is a program that is available to run whenever the computer is running the operating system. It does not require a user to be logged on. Services are programs that operate independently of their windows. Typically, a window displays when you start a program, and when you close the window, the program stops. In these situations, it is obvious whether or not a program is running by the display or absence of its window.
Unlike most programs, a Microsoft Windows service does not typically present a user interface for user interaction. To determine whether or not the service is running, you must check the status of the service from the Services utility. The Services utility displays the status of services managed by the Windows SCM Acronym for Service Control Manager. The part of Windows that launches background tasks. Services have the following unique characteristics when compared to a typical, interactive user program:
Services continue to operate in the background, even when there is no user logged on to the system.
Services can be started automatically when the operating system starts. Likewise, they can be started manually by another program, or user, from the Services utility.
You can use the Windows Control Panel to determine which services are running, start and stop services, and configure services for automatic startup.
Use the following procedures to configure and manage services. For more information about services, open the Services utility and click Help.
Use the following procedure to start a service.
Open the Services utility.
Right-click the service you want to start, and then select Start, or on the menu bar select Action | Start.
Close the utility.
Use the following procedure to stop a service. When you stop any of the Barr EOM services, you may receive a message that additional services will also be stopped. If you stop a service while data is being processed, a small amount of time is allowed to complete the processing. After the time-out period, processing is stopped, even if it is not complete, and jobs can be left in an unusable state. Services should only be stopped when no work is proceeding or the service is not responding correctly.
Open the Services utility.
Right-click the service you want to stop, and then select Stop, or on the menu bar select Action | Stop.
Close the utility.
Use the following procedure to start a service.
Open the Services utility.
Right-click the service you want to start, and then select Restart, or on the menu bar select Action | Restart.
Close the utility.
Use the following procedure to disable a service.
Open the Services utility.
Right-click the service you want to disable, and then select Properties, or on the menu bar select Action | Properties. The Properties dialog box displays.
On the General tab, in the Startup type list, click Manual.
Click OK.
Close the utility.
You can configure services to start automatically when the computer they are installed on is started. Use the following procedure to configure services to start automatically.
Open the Services utility.
Right-click the desired Barr service, and then select Properties, or on the menu bar select Action | Properties. The Properties dialog box displays.
On the General tab, in the Startup type list, click Automatic. Click OK.
Close the utility.
The account type is specified during installation
of the software. If you must change your account type, we recommend you
uninstall and then reinstall the software selecting the appropriate account
type.
If you are unable to uninstall and reinstall the software, you can also use one the following procedure to configure a service to log on as a system account.
Open the Services utility.
Right-click the desired Barr service, and then select Properties, or on the menu bar select Action | Properties. The Properties dialog box displays.
On the Log On tab, under Log on as, select Local System account, and then click OK.
Right-click the desired Barr service, and then select Start, or on the menu bar select Action | Start.
Close the utility.
The account type is specified during installation
of the software. If you must change your account type, we recommend you
uninstall and then reinstall the software selecting the appropriate account
type.
If you are unable to uninstall and reinstall the software, you can also use the following procedure to configure a service to log on as a user account.
Add the user as a member of the Administrators group.
Open the Services utility.
Right-click the desired Barr service, and then select Properties, or on the menu bar select Action | Properties. The Properties dialog box displays.
On the Log On tab, under Log on as, select This account, and then type the desired user name or click Browse to select a user.
In the Password and Confirm Password boxes, type and confirm the user’s password, and then click OK.
Right-click the desired Barr service, and then select Start, or on the menu bar select Action | Start.
Close the utility.
If this is a network account, grant the user access to the service by setting up DCOM. If you are using the BARR Print Utility service to access network drives, you do not need to set up DCOM access.
From the taskbar, click Start | Run.
In the Open box, type dcomcnfg, and then click OK to run the Distributed COM Configuration Properties utility (DCOM).
From the Applications tab, select the desired spool service, and then click Properties.
From the Identity tab, select This user.
Click Browse to select a user that is already defined, or define a new user by completing the User, Password, and Confirm Password boxes.
Click OK twice.
Restart the desired Barr EOM service.