Required services (Windows)

Module: Startup Files

Supported Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP

This check reports a problem if required services are not running. Use the name list to specify required services.

The following table lists the error messages for the check.

Table: Error messages for Required services

Message String ID and Category	Platform and Message Numeric ID	Message Title and Description	Additional Information
String ID: ESM_REQNOTFND Category: System Information	Windows 2000 (105831) Windows 2003 (205831) Windows 2008 (248831) Windows Vista (228831) Windows XP (200831)	Title: Required services not installed Description:The service is required, but is not installed. Install and start it or remove it from the Required Services name list.	Severity: red-4 Correctable: false Snapshot Updatable: false Template Updatable: false Information Field Format: [%s]
String ID: ESM_REQNOTRUN Category: System Information	Windows 2000 (105832) Windows 2003 (205832) Windows 2008 (248832) Windows Vista (228832) Windows XP (200832)	Title: Required services not running Description:The service is required. It is installed but is not running. Use the Correct feature to start the service or remove it from the Required Services name list.	Severity: red-4 Correctable: true Snapshot Updatable: false Template Updatable: false Information Field Format: [%s]
String ID: ESM_DUPSVCNAME Category: System Information	Windows 2000 (105844) Windows 2003 (205844) Windows 2008 (248844) Windows Vista (228844) Windows XP (200844)	Title: Service named by more than one name list Description:The service exists in more than one of the following name lists: Required services, Disallowed services, and Unknown services. Remove the service from all but one of the name lists, then rerun the audit.	Severity: red-4 Correctable: false Snapshot Updatable: false Template Updatable: false Information Field Format: [Found in both %s and %s lists]

Message String ID and Category

Platform and Message Numeric ID

Message Title and Description

Additional Information

String ID: ESM_REQNOTFND

Category: System Information

Windows 2000 (105831)
Windows 2003 (205831)
Windows 2008 (248831)
Windows Vista (228831)
Windows XP (200831)

Title: Required services not installed

Description:The service is required, but is not installed. Install and start it or remove it from the Required Services name list.

Severity: red-4

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: ESM_REQNOTRUN

Category: System Information

Windows 2000 (105832)
Windows 2003 (205832)
Windows 2008 (248832)
Windows Vista (228832)
Windows XP (200832)

Title: Required services not running

Description:The service is required. It is installed but is not running. Use the Correct feature to start the service or remove it from the Required Services name list.

Severity: red-4

Correctable: true

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: ESM_DUPSVCNAME

Category: System Information

Windows 2000 (105844)
Windows 2003 (205844)
Windows 2008 (248844)
Windows Vista (228844)
Windows XP (200844)

Title: Service named by more than one name list

Description:The service exists in more than one of the following name lists: Required services, Disallowed services, and Unknown services. Remove the service from all but one of the name lists, then rerun the audit.

Severity: red-4

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [Found in both %s and %s lists]