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Looking for alternate Services Manager recommendations...
Not sure if this exists, but I'm on the hunt for a (preferably FOSS) program that can serve as a tool to help manage running and disabled services. I have lots of programs for various things on my work laptop (pro AV engineer here) and everything likes to install services whether they are update managers or background processes. It would be great if such tool had info on built-in or common services short of Googling them all. Black Viper had a ton of info back in the day. A feature I'd really like to see is the ability to store/recall/import/export presets for groups of services to enable or disable based on what I might be doing.
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Managing Windows services effectively, especially for a professional like yourself with a lot of background processes and custom setups, is crucial. While Windows' built-in Services Manager (services.msc) offers basic control, it doesn't have advanced features like presets, group management, or contextual profiles.
Several GUI tools exist that provide control over Windows services, often with start/stop, disable, and enable features.
