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Bo Berglund wrote: >>The first thing >>I do after installation is rename the services. Why would I care more >>about the build level than about which server it is? That looks like a >>developer conceit. >> >> > >Huh? If you rename the services then you can be certain that any >upcoming upgrade install and any uninstall you try to do will fail. > I believe the OP was referring to changing the name displayed in the Services applet - that name is taken from the DisplayName value in the registry key under HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Services associated with the services. Changing that (and the Description value) does not affect starting and stopping the service (renaming the registry key itself would of course have disastrous results). -Torsten