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In several Unix and Unix-like operating systems, init.d scripts, used by the Init process, are used to control services.

Sun Microsystem's Solaris 10 operating environment uses the Service Management Facility .

Microsoft Windows uses INSTSRV and SRVANY programs, see also Windows Service and Service Control Manager

Cygwin , a collection of free software tools that allows Microsoft Windows to function similarly to a Unix system, uses a tool called cygrunsrv.

Apple's Mac OS X uses Launchd or SystemStarter , depending on the version of the system software.