Service Control Manager
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Service Control Manager is a core Windows operating system component responsible for starting, stopping, and managing system services and drivers.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Windows service control manager | 1 |
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows component
ⓘ
service management subsystem ⓘ system process ⓘ |
| binaryName | services.exe ⓘ |
| communicatesWith |
device driver stack
ⓘ
service processes ⓘ |
| componentOf |
Windows boot process
ⓘ
Windows service infrastructure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalTo |
system stability
ⓘ
system startup ⓘ |
| exposesFunctionalityVia |
ChangeServiceConfig function
ⓘ
CloseServiceHandle function NERFINISHED ⓘ ControlService function ⓘ CreateService function ⓘ EnumServicesStatus function ⓘ OpenSCManager function ⓘ OpenService function ⓘ QueryServiceStatus function ⓘ StartService function ⓘ Win32 service APIs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| handles |
SERVICE_CONTROL_CONTINUE
ⓘ
SERVICE_CONTROL_INTERROGATE ⓘ SERVICE_CONTROL_PAUSE ⓘ SERVICE_CONTROL_SHUTDOWN ⓘ SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP ⓘ |
| interactsWith | Windows Service Control Manager database ⓘ |
| introducedIn | Windows NT family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| logsEventsTo |
System event log
ⓘ
Windows Event Log NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monitors |
driver lifecycle
ⓘ
service lifecycle ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| presentIn |
Windows 10
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Windows 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows 2000 NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows Vista NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows XP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requiresPrivilege |
SC_MANAGER_ALL_ACCESS
ⓘ
administrative rights ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
handling service control requests
ⓘ
managing device drivers ⓘ pausing Windows services ⓘ resuming Windows services ⓘ service configuration changes ⓘ service dependency resolution ⓘ service failure actions ⓘ service recovery actions ⓘ starting Windows services ⓘ starting auto-start services ⓘ starting boot-time drivers ⓘ starting demand-start services ⓘ starting system-time drivers ⓘ stopping Windows services ⓘ tracking service status ⓘ |
| runsAsProcess | services.exe ⓘ |
| runsInMode | user mode ⓘ |
| securityContext | LocalSystem account ⓘ |
| storesConfigurationIn |
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
ⓘ
Windows registry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
delayed auto-start services
ⓘ
running services under specific accounts ⓘ service dependencies ⓘ service failure restart ⓘ service security descriptors ⓘ service triggers ⓘ |
| usesInterface |
Windows Service Control Manager API
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
service control dispatcher ⓘ service control handler ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Windows service control manager