>>Well, I am somewhat new to the "service" stuff. So, is it correct to say that a service is, by definition, always active? And that it is not tied to a particular user account?
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>Each service is run under a particular account. Usually it's 'Local system account'. A service can be configured to run under some other account. It does not require that somebody was logged into that account.
OK, thanks once more.
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