Disable Windows Service

[durex]

Is it possible to disable a windows service via command prompt or vbs script?

[moo]

What do you mean? What windows service do you want disable?

[prathapml]

You can type the command at a CMD window and see its uses.

net

Yes, net.exe

As for your requirement,

net stop servicename

That will do the task for that session (i.e., until the next reboot).

But if you need it to be stopped even at your next session, you need to do it thru registry.

[durex]

The Norton Firewall monitor service... want to disable it entirely.

[tguy]

Why not just uninstall the software if you don't want to use the firewall????

[durex]

Cause its a new dumb service thats included and run with the latest NAV 2005... its nto a seperate component

[moo]

@durex

from cmd prompt you can stop it use this code

net stop "Norton AntiVirus Firewall Monitor Service"

disable using registry

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NPFMntor]
"Start",0x00010001,4

hope helps

moo

[durex]

u rock moo.

[durex]

Just an update..

To disable the service, the reg key is actually

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NPFMntor]
"Start"=dword:00000004

which is what I think you meant moo, but wasnt clear to me at first