Is it possible to copy the windows services from one machine to another? I am trying to standardize all my windows services and hate to edit the startup types on each windows server one by one especially if there are hundreds of them.
I suppose you could copy the registry and edit the startup options for the services you want then run the .reg file on each server. the services are listed under the following reg key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services
Can't say I would recommend messing with the registry on mass though, you should thoroughly test this.
The related services would be under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet\Services
Copying multiple services would be a mistake as there are hundreds of setting related to machine name , IP address, hardware, SID numbers etc which would not transfer nicely. Likely your machine would not work afterwards.
You could create a security template through the "Security configuration and Analysis" snapin, modify it to you needs, not only as to the services, export it, copy it to a new machine. import it. This method would produce a machine which would have the same setting as the original for the most part.
Or just modify one of the templates, through the "Security Templates" snapin. Copy it a new server. Use "Security configuration and Analysis" to import it in. This would be more difficult as your current settings are not already in the templates.
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