Thanks for the post. I have few questions, and eagerly urge you all for response . 1.But how to RESTART the Services ,because its not possible to learn about the service whether its in STOP mode or not using NET START /NET STOP. 2. Whenever I issue NET STOP <ServiceName> ,it prompts for yes/no for all the services. How can I say yes to all the dependent services..as i will not have provision if i execute a batch file in scheduled tasks.