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Hi,
I have a SBS in my office with Windows Server 2008 in it. I want to know an small list of all the default services run by windows server 2008. This is just for reference in order to track back any unwanted file in the background. Instead of creating an entire log file of the whole process it will be quiet easy to determine just by seeing that what services belongs to windows and what are not. Also what ports are assigned to a most common services.
Normally very less people are concerned about the services in the server core. Here I am listing some very common and important services which is need to be in the process. Other thing by giving sc command in the cmd on the server you can see the list of services running. Take a print of it and it will gives you more detail. The listed services here are the default services in the server. The services like AppMgmt, Browser, CertPropSvc, COMSysApp,hidserv, KeyIso are manual they are run by the user. You can find out the work by the name. And services like AeLookupSvc, BITS, CryptSvc, Dhcp, etc are automatic services.
There are four terms in a server which an administrator has to look out. They are system services, application protocol, protocol and port. As there are multiple ports which are assigned to a specific service. Like Application Layer Gateway Service which has protocol FTP runs on TCP port 21. Then asp.net uses TCP port 42424, certificate (CertSvc) use protocal RPC port 135. Other than this there are many other ports which are assigned to a specific port. Here is an simple example. Run Task Manager and go to process. Go to view and click on select column. Then select PID.
It is very easy to determine the current services along with the type of service running on it. It is very important to determine in order to ensure the safety of the server. Just launch command prompt and give the command netstat /. Hit enter. A list will be generated along with the port number. See the attached list along with the program it is associated with it.