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What is the Windows drivers\etc\services file for?
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Normally there's a "services" file in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc , it lists out the services running and the port to be used. However what does the word "service" mean here? It's not the "Windows Service", which could be seen when you run "services.msc". Such 2 lists don't tally. And, this "se…
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This file tells services written by Microsoft what port to use, as well as files that wish to use Windows APIs and/or that file to turn a service name into a port. These service names are defined by the IETF. Here is an example of instructions to ch…
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