Windows Server 2008 Portable Command Guide: MCTS 70-640, 70-642, 70-643, and MCITP 70-646, 70-647

Chapter 21. Manipulating Services

This chapter provides information and commands concerning the following topics:

• Stopping and starting services with the net command

• Manipulating services with sc

• Manipulating services with wmic

Tip

You should be familiar with the sc, net start, and wmic commands when preparing for the 70-640 and 70-643 exams.

Stopping and Starting Services with the net Command

A basic way to start and stop a service from the command prompt is with the net command. The basic syntax to start a service is

net start service-name

Similarly, the basic syntax to stop a service is

net stop service-name

For example, if SRV records aren’t registered in DNS, you can stop and restart the netlogon service with the following commands: ...