If you have the resource kit, you can use sc to configure services. sc config TheServiceName start= disabled Or you can use a poor man's way and import a .reg file with contents like this: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TheNameOfTheServic eInTheRegistry] "Start"=dword:00000004 Then you can use regedit /s to import that .reg file (assuming the user running the .bat has permissions). BTW: disabled: "Start"=dword:00000004 manual: "Start"=dword:00000003 automatic: "Start"=dword:00000002 Ray at work > -----Original Message----- > From: Puetz, Christoph [mailto:Christoph.Puetz@xxxxxxx] > > > I know how to stop a service via command line / batch file - but what > command is used to disable it? Does anyone know? > > Thanks. > > Christoph > ********************************************************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. Distribution, publication, or retransmission of this message is strictly prohibited. This message may be a bank to client communication and as such is priviliged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. The sender of this e-mail specifically "opts-out" of the Electronic Signatures and Global and National Commerce Act (E-Sign) and any and all similar state and federal acts. Accordingly, but without limitation, any and all documents, contracts, and ageements must contain a handwritten signature of the sender to be legal, valid, and enforceable. ********************************************************************************************************** ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm