Windows Vista™ Inside Out

Managing Services from a Command Prompt

If you want to control services via a batch program—or if you simply prefer working at a command prompt—you can use variants of the Net command. Don’t be dissuaded by the name—the Net command manages all services, not only network services. Table 25-3 shows the Net commands to use for managing services.

Table 25-3. Net Commands for Managing Services

Command	Description
Net Start	Displays a list of running services.
Net Start service	Starts the service service. For service, you can use either the actual service name or its display name. For example, net start schedule and net start "task scheduler" are equivalent. For a list of services installed by default with Windows Vista, see Table 25-1. Surround multiword ...