Posted by: Helen on: December 23, 2006
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Each service is listed as it is in Microsoft’s WIndows XP Professional. These should be similar in Microsoft’s XP Home as well. Under each is the definition given in the Services Manager.
Alerter
Notifies selected users and computers of administrative alerts. If the service is stopped, programs that use administrative alerts will not receive them. [...]
Posted by: Helen on: December 10, 2006
1. AGLET
The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace.
2. ARMSAYE
The armhole in clothing.
3. CHANKING
Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits.
4. COLUMELLA NASI
The bottom part of the nose between the nostrils.
5. DRAGÉES
Small beadlike pieces of candy, usually silver-coloured, used for decorating cookies, cakes and sundaes.
6. FEAT
A dangling curl of hair.
7. FERRULE
The metal band on a pencil that holds the eraser [...]