windows "services"

Ugh.

Being a hardcore linux freak,I have recently been unpleasantly exposed to the world of windows and the freakish concept of "services".

I am haivng a tough time finding answers to this question:

Is there ANY POINT WHATSOEVER to running programs as a "service", besides:

-start on boot
-start as userX
-get auto-restart functionality

Whats the point? Thanks in advance. I dont mean to start a flamewar here, but this is frustrating me.

 

 

 

 

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