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We have a client whose server crashed, and they reinstalled Windows (2003 R2). They have kept the old Windows folder as Windows1.

Now we have to recreate some of the Windows Services that were on the old setup, but I have no idea which programs and params it had.

Are there any way that I can still retrieve the old Services from the Windows1 folder?

Cameron Castillo
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You can load the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System registry hive from the old server if the files still exist in the Windows1 folder. You can then compare that hive to the new server and see what services are missing on the new server.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724877(v=vs.85).aspx

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732157(v=ws.11).aspx

joeqwerty
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Well there's no way for you to know what it was in the previous box. Just help them to migrate to a newer and or use windows xp mode or a VM to help them.

Jose Ortega
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