Windows services are processes that run in the background, many of these are set to start with Windows and take care of various system operations.

As a novice user, you seldom require to deal with services and with tools that allow you to manage startup items you can also manage which services should start with Windows.

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However as a advanced user you would want to have more control over how these services are run and also control other aspects of Windows Services.

Service Manager Plus is a handy freeware utility that provides users with a more sophisticated control over Windows services.

With service manager plus you have;

1. Complete control over the service configuration.
2. Improved service recovery configuration.
3. Ability to review the events from the event log that are related to a given events.
4. Smarter service restarts.
5. Ability to display & edit kernel drivers/services.

If you are looking to optimize windows services, you may also want to check out Vista services optimizer.

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