Service vs. Application (-Cobian Backup)

It says that "Cobian Backup" can run as "application or service". What
exactly does this mean? Obviously I know what an application is. But what is
a service, and what is the advantage? Thanks.
-Pete

A service is something that runs in the background without you seeing it.

To see your services, click Start, Run, type services.msc.
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Ryan


"Pete@nospam.com" wrote:

> It says that "Cobian Backup" can run as "application or service". What
> exactly does this mean? Obviously I know what an application is. But what is
> a service, and what is the advantage? Thanks.
> -Pete
>
>
>

Hi,

An application is something you generally would initiate or schedule to run.
A service is something that installs and runs "behind the scenes" - kind of
a way of automating the process so you don't have to think about it much.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

<Pete@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:fXmmf.333$kW.314@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com.. .
> It says that "Cobian Backup" can run as "application or service". What
> exactly does this mean? Obviously I know what an application is. But what
> is a service, and what is the advantage? Thanks.
> -Pete
>
>

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%236tvCOY$FHA.2320@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> An application is something you generally would initiate or schedule to
run.
> A service is something that installs and runs "behind the scenes" - kind
of
> a way of automating the process so you don't have to think about it much.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> <Pete@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:fXmmf.333$kW.314@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com.. .
> > It says that "Cobian Backup" can run as "application or service". What
> > exactly does this mean? Obviously I know what an application is. But
what
> > is a service, and what is the advantage? Thanks.
> > -Pete
> >
> >
>
Thanks for the answers. It's much simplier than I thought.
-Pete