To make the Services window open in Standard view by default:
Open command prompt.
To preserve the original Services msc file: copy %systemroot%\system32\services.msc %systemroot%\system32\services_orig.msc
Now open the Services msc in author mode so that you can change it's settings: mmc /a %systemroot%\system32\services.msc
Click the "Standard" tab at the bottom
From the menu, "File > Save" then "File > Exit"
Note: you may be prompted to "save in MMC 3.0?", click yes since the current machine uses MMC 3.0.
Similar procedure for changing the Services item in Computer Management:
To preserve the original Computer Mangement msc file: copy %systemroot%\system32\compmgmt.msc %systemroot%\system32\compmgmt_orig.msc
mmc /a %systemroot%\system32\compmgmt.msc
Navigate in the left pane: Services and Applications > Services
Click the "Standard" tab at the bottom
From the menu, "File > Save" then "File > Exit"
Again: you may be prompted to "save in MMC 3.0?", click yes since the current machine uses MMC 3.0.
By the way: if you left "Services" selected when you saved the compmgmt.msc in author mode,
then that item will be selected whenever you open Computer Management console - along with the window
size and the column widths.
