Jinx:

If you realy want to modify services you should go for an open source platform and change some source and recompile the service
That does not:

1. Solve the question of how to modify Windows services
2. Prove that an open source platform can do something windows can not.

The facts:

1. Windows CAN alter services, just like an open source platform, and just as easily.
2. The question has been answered, solved, and expanded upon.
3. Because of one and two, there is NO reason to switch OSes. Any OS can accomplish the same goal in the end, even if it uses different routes.


as with your previous thread... on Windows you don't modify any services..
you just configure what was given by the grace of Microsoft (config pannel etc)..
I trust the registry editing tool, the control panel, manual configuration files, resource checking, memory checking, and logs in Windows as much as I trust that the simple configuration files in *nix to show COMPLETE documentation on each setting, feature, and configuration option. Both have risks, but it isn't how you whine about it, it is how you come to master those tools to make the most and best out of either situation.