3. Shared Folders
The Shared Folders node (see Figure 4) includes three nodes:
Shares—
Allows you to manage the properties of each shared resource. For
example, you can alter the access rights for a shared resource so that
certain users have read-only access. You can also change share
permissions for a resource in the Properties dialog box of any shared
resource by right-clicking the resource and clicking Properties.
Sessions— Allows you to see which users are connected to a share and, optionally, disconnect them.
Open Files— Allows you to see which files and resources are open on a share. You also can close files that are open.
4. Services
Windows
7 is highly modular. Many of the inner housekeeping chores of the OS
are broken down into services that can be added, removed, started, and
stopped at any time, without requiring a reboot. A typical Windows 7
system has 60 or more services running at any one time. When Computer
Management is open, you can view Services in use by expanding the
Services and Applications node and clicking Services. You can also use
the Services shortcut in Administrative Tools, the Component Services
shortcut in Administrative Tools, or by opening Task Manager and
viewing the Services tab.
Use the Services
dialog in Computer Management to view all installed services and their
status (Automatic, Manual, or Stopped). Use this tool to start and stop
services. Figure 5
shows a typical Services listing. To start, stop, pause, or restart a
service, you can use the context menu or the VCR-like buttons on the
toolbar. For deeper control of a service, such as to declare what
automatic recovery steps should be taken in the case of the service
crashing, which hardware profiles it should run in, and more,
right-click the service and select Properties.
Within
the Properties dialog box, you’ll find controls to set a service’s
startup type (Automatic, Manual, or Disabled), start, stop, pause, and
resume buttons, and a startup parameters field. You also can set the
account under which the service is executed (Log On tab), define how a
service recovers from failures—for example, restart, run a program, or
reboot the system (Recovery tab), and view a list of service, program,
and driver dependencies (Dependencies tab).
Note
You
might find websites suggesting that you can speed up your computer by
disabling a bunch of Windows services. We don’t recommend that you do
this. Microsoft has made Windows 7 do a very
good job of keeping services out of your way, especially during startup
and shutdown, so we suggest leaving the default set of services alone. |
