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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use Windows PowerShell to Stop Services?

(Portions of this blog post previously appeared in the Microsoft Press book, Windows PowerShell Scripting Guide .) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have some services that are running on my computer. I looked them up on TechNet and I do not believe I need them to

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Create Microsoft Access Reports of Stopped Services?

(Portions of this article previously appeared in the Microsoft Press book, Windows PowerShell Scripting Guide .) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am interested in collecting information about processes that are stopped on my systems. I would like to write the information

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Create Microsoft Access Reports of Running Services?

(Portions of this article previously appeared in the Microsoft Press book, Windows PowerShell Scripting Guide .) Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to be able to write a listing of the services that are running to a Microsoft Access database. I would then

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Use Windows PowerShell to Find the Status of Services on My Computer?

(Portions of this article previously appeared in the Microsoft Press book, Windows PowerShell Scripting Guide .) Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to use Windows PowerShell to obtain information about the status of services that are configured on my computer.

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Identify All Local Users, Groups, and Services on a Local Computer?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have several computers that seem to be identical, but they act like they are different. I mean, the same person set the computers up, so I imagine he followed the checklist and the machines should therefore be the same. But something

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Easily Reconfigure Services?

I have a problem. The pointy-headed boss (PHB) loves to play with his laptop. The problem is he does not know anything. He routinely hoses his computer, and then expects me to drop everything and come fix it. I am not making this up; we had an Exchange

How Can I Disable a Service?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I disable a service? -- DS Hey, DS. You know, the Scripting Guys seem to have stumbled upon a great idea. In our last column , we showed people how to disable the LMHosts file. Today, we’re going to show everyone how to disable

How Can I Verify that ADAM is Installed?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I verify that ADAM is installed? -- CW Hey, CW. Although former President Ronald Reagan is usually given credit for the phrase “Trust but verify,” we’ve always thought that sounded more like the sort of thing a system administrator

How Can I Tell Which Account a Service is Running Under?

We have services that run under a particular user account. Each time we change the password for that user account, we need to change the password for any services that run under that account as well. But how can we tell which account a service is running
 
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