Create a scheduled task that runs a simple batch file: Net stop "service" Net start "service" The batch file could be in central location or you could use the GP Preferences file copy feature to get it to every machine ahead of time. You could also just use two sc.exe commands in two scheduled tasks to do the same thing without having to deal with a batch file. Darren From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Palombi Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 1:29 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: change a service through group policy How would I be able to do that? On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Darren Mar-Elia <darren@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Dave- It will be tough to do this using "normal" policy without a reboot or some kind of triggering action. However, if you are in a position to deploy the Group Policy Preferences product, then you could use that product's ability to create Scheduled Tasks via GP to push a scheduled task to machines that does the restart for you. Darren From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Palombi Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 1:25 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] change a service through group policy Hello, I would like to know if you can restart a service using group policy. Now the computer never gets rebooted and I have no access to the local drive as well. How would I be able to accomplish this? If there is a better way, please let me know. Thanks, Dave