Paused Windows services blocking update process

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A bug where paused or non-running Windows SCM services cause update failures, and related fixes to skip such services instead of aborting the update.

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#97929 fix(update): unrelated transitional Windows services no longer abort updates (salvage of #96381)

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files: hermes_cli/gateway.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 2 · merged via another change 1

#96381 fix(update): prevent unrelated Windows services from blocking updates · merged via another change → d563239, 790e1eb, #97929, #96860, #97856, #96360
#96862 fix(gateway): skip paused/non-running SCM services instead of aborting update · superseded by another PR → #97238
#97238 fix(gateway): skip paused/non-running SCM services instead of aborting update · superseded by another PR → 790e1eb, #97929, #96381

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Closed#96860[Bug]: hermes update fails with SCM service enumeration failed when any Windows service is paused (cortsmartserver)

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