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Shortcut To XP services
Name: jmarch777 Date: May 3, 2006 at 05:28:09 Pacific OS: winxp CPU/Ram: p4 1.5 gig ram Product: HP
Comment:
I regularly go into the Win XP services area by right mouse clicking the MyComputer Icon on desktop then Manage then etc etc etc.
Is there a shortcut that I can place on the desktop so that i can just get in there...Why does windows make you click a thousand times to get somewhere...!!!! Phew....... I feel better now.
Go to Control Panel/Admin tools, right-click & hold the Computer Management icon, drag it to your desktop & choose 'create shortcut here'.
"I know that I'm mad, I've always been mad"
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Response Number 2
Name: XpUser Date: May 3, 2006 at 06:08:01 Pacific
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Or right click desktop, create new shortcut & enter the command line services.msc Click OK. This will take you straight to XP Services panel.
i_XpUser
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Response Number 3
Name: CyberSlug Date: May 3, 2006 at 09:35:12 Pacific
Reply:
Possibly the most flexible solution--but it takes a lot of clicks to do:
Run mmc.exe File menu > Add/Remove Snap-in Add button select Services > Add > Finish > Close OK
You can customize the view to hide the console tree and other stuff.
You can also reorder and resize the columns how you want--I make the description column last and widen it!
Finally, choose Save As from the File menu.
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Response Number 4
Name: CyberSlug Date: May 3, 2006 at 09:42:54 Pacific
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Forgot one thing about the mmc method: After you run the resulting MSC file, you can choose Options from the File menu to change author mode to user mode. This way you don't get prompted to save changes every time you close the console (changes such as column sorting and widths).
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Response Number 5
Name: Arctos Date: May 3, 2006 at 13:16:21 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks for that tip XpUser, thats a keeper.
Unity is strength.
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Response Number 6
Name: XpUser Date: May 3, 2006 at 16:01:01 Pacific
Reply:
You're welcome, Arctos. If you're interested, bookmark this page for other common command console utilities that you can run from the command line or shortcut.
Happy Computing :-)
i_XpUser
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Response Number 7
Name: Arctos Date: May 3, 2006 at 18:02:40 Pacific
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