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March 05, 1999 09:05 PM

How can I stop and start services from the command line?

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John Savill

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A. This can be accomplished using the
net stop <service name>
net start <service name>
A full list of the exact services is found in the registry (run regedit.exe) under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services key.

Alternatively, you can perform the stop and start using the name that is showed in the Services Control Panel applet by putting the name in quotes, i.e.
net stop "<service>"
net start "<service>"

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Thanks a lot. This information served my query :)

mmluqman 1/23/2010 3:29:02 PM

To do this remotely you can use the SC...

sc \\\\remotehost command service

For example

sc \\\\myserver start MyService
will start the "MyService" service on \\\\myserver

You can use the query command if you want to know the current status of the service..

There's a lot of other switches but I mostly use start, stop, query.. try using sc alone to see other options..

jaas666 4/14/2009 11:17:10 PM

hi

Anonymous User 6/4/2005 11:49:47 AM

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Anonymous User 5/9/2005 5:00:02 PM

Can you start/stop services on remote computers in windows 2000/xp/2003?

Anonymous User 2/22/2005 11:20:45 PM

Thank you. This is exactly what I am looking for.

Anonymous User 2/8/2005 8:51:16 AM

How about Starting a service remotely?

Anonymous User 12/6/2004 4:42:55 AM

netsvc from the NT resource kit will allow you to start and stop services on a remote machine.

Anonymous User 11/1/2004 8:48:48 AM

How would you stop a service in another machine using the command line.

armando_moran 7/29/2004 4:41:26 PM

This is helpful. Is there a way to set the startup value for a service (changing it from manual to automatic, for example) ?

John Crawford 6/29/2004 1:27:43 PM

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