Windows services are programs with their own processes running in the background.

Services Console

Open Windows + R, then enter services.msc.

Query Services

# view running services
sc.exe query
 
# view all available services
sc.exe query type=service state=all
 
# get information about a specific service
sc.exe query <service_name>

Start and Stop a Service

# start a service
sc.exe start <service_name>
 
# stop a service
sc.exe stop <service_name>