Controlling Services at the Command Prompt
If you regularly stop and start certain services, loading the Services snap-in and manually stopping and then restarting each service can be time-consuming. A better method is to take advantage of the NET STOP and NET START command-line tools, which enable you to stop and start any service that isn’t disabled. If a service can be paused and restarted, you can also use the NET PAUSE and NET CONTINUE commands to control the service. Each of these commands uses the same syntax:
NET STOP Service NET START Service NET PAUSE Service NET CONTINUE Service
Service is the name of the service you want to control. Use the same value that appears in the Name column of the Services snap-in. If the name contains a ...
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