services question

[Lost Soul]

hi im shutting off services that i feel shouldnt be running on the pc and ive run into a small snag

there are 3 services that i have here

terminal services (disabled)

network connections (manual)

ati hotkey poller (disabled)

well the problem isnt how to disable these services, i want them to stop running but yet even tho they are set on manual and some to disable only on these services, they show its status is still started

i know i should be able to hit the stop button, but on those particular services it dosnt give me that option the start and stop buttons are greyed out, therefor not giveing you the choice

what do you think i should do,, ?

should i just let it be and no worrie

is there a way to make there status,, = stopped

[possy_99]

try these:

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/PsService.html

http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/Articl...4872/14872.html

you should be able to use these in a batch file if you need them unattended. Hope they help ;o)

Edited February 3, 2006 by possy_99

[dirtwarrior]

Sounds like a good tool However to install

Installation

Just copy PsService onto your executable path, and type "psservice".

Could someone go into step be step how to?

[possy_99]

sounds complicated, but easy really.

usage: psservice [\\computer [-u username] [-p password]] <command> <options>

Make a batch file with the command string in it and have it in the same folder as the psservice.exe file. Then use the batch file to issue the command.

The psservice is more used for networked PC's, if you just want to use it on the machine your working on, forget about the computer/user/password as if you leave all that out, it will take effect on the PC you run it from (I think that's what you need)

this command in a batch file would stop the W32Time service (keeps clock up to date):

psservice stop W32Time

Edited February 3, 2006 by possy_99

[Lost Soul]

thanks thats helpful