Which command turns the program you want to run into a service on a target machine?

• A. WMIC
• B. sc
• C. psexec
• D. at

Answer: (B)

Managing Windows services is done with the Service Control tool. The command that turns a program into a service is the one that manages service definitions directly, letting you create a new service from an executable, set its startup behavior, and control it like any other Windows service. Using sc create with a binPath to your program, for example, registers that program as a service and can set start= auto so it launches at boot. This approach makes the program run in the background as a proper service, with the usual service lifecycle (start, stop, restart) and the ability to run without a logged-in user.

Other options serve different purposes: WMIC can interact with services but is not as direct or straightforward for registering a new service. PsExec runs commands on remote systems but doesn’t install or register services. The at command schedules one-time tasks, not persistent services.