Stopping and starting services remotely

There are a couple of options

You can run server manager on a Windows NT / 2000 PC and stop and start the services that way.

You could use remote control software to control the servers in question and start/stop the services that way.

If it is something that needs to be done on a regular basis then schedule a job on the server using either AT (for NT 4) or schedule jobs under control panel on Windows 2000.
Just put the details of the services into a batch file (e.g. NET STOP SPOOLER and then on the next line NET START SPOOLER)
and then schedule the batch file to run at the descired time.

Regards,

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Gary Williams

Hi

Another option is to use NETSVC or SC from the NT Resource Kit.

NETSVC \\server servicename /stop
SC \\server stop servicename

or, of course, start

If you've got a file with the list of servers in it, you could use a for loop to do the donkey work...

for /f %a in (servers.txt) do netsvc \\%a servicename /stop

If you want an all-singing all-dancing batch file to do it all, let me know

Richard