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>>I wish there was a database somewhere that identified what services are normal to be running in a windows machine.
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>Good idea, as soon as I had the time I will start building this database...
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>This job is not easy, because there are a lot of services, that are not part of the Windows OS itself, but from enterprise apps like SQL Server, IIS, MSMQ etc.
>When I start, I will notify you either by message in UT and email.
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>Also I think it will be good to provide some kind of query service - e.g. "I have the following service with name *Foo* running on my Windows 2000 Pro machine. What is it?"
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Might be a good product to offer through net services. Go for it.

Alex