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by JdeBP 2651 days ago
> enabled (as in activated)

Not understanding the difference between these is likely part of the problem here.

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It's not really the user's fault though. If you really want to make sure that something else doesn't start it, you need to mask the service. But then, you can't start it either. What you really need is "disabled unless I start it". I don't think there is a state like that.