Dependencies Tab

Service Dependencies allow services to be started (and stopped) in order. They specify which services or load order groups must be running on the machine before this service can run. For example, if the service FDSvc depends on the pre-requisite service Pre, then Windows will always start Pre before FDSvc during a machine boot-up. Similarly, if both Pre and FDSvc are stopped, then manually starting FDSvc will firstly cause Pre to be automatically started. Similarly, stopping Pre manually will force FDSvc to stop. Interestingly, services dependencies are not used during machine shutdown.

Click on the drop down lists and choose a service or a service Load Order Group to make this service depend on. The service short name or Load Order Group name will be automatically listed in the corresponding list box. If you are running on Windows Vista, Server 2008 or Windows 7 make sure your services (especially if they are interactive) depend on the Interactive Services Detection service (UI0Detect).

One button is present in the Service Dependency section of the tab:

Button	Purpose
Remove	Removes the dependency. Click on the appropriate service dependency in the list first.

One button are present in the Load Order Group Dependency section of the tab:

Button	Purpose
Remove	Removes the Load Order Group dependency. Click on the appropriate Load Order Group dependency in the list first.