Start, stop, pause, resume, or restart a service in microsoft windows

To start, stop, pause, resume, or restart a service

Using Services

1. Open Services.
   
2. In the details panel, do one of the following:
   
   
   • Click the service, and then, on the Action menu, click Start, Stop, Pause, Resume, or Restart.
     
   • Right-click the service, and then click Start, Stop, Pause, Resume, or Restart.
     

Notes

• To open Services, click Start, click Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Services.
  
• To start a service with startup parameters, right-click the service, click Properties, type the parameters in Start parameters, and then click Start. These settings are not persistent; they are used only once, and then the default settings are restored. (A backslash (\) is treated as an escape character; type two backslashes for each backslash in a parameter.)
  

Using the command line

1. Open Command Prompt.
   
2. Type one of the following:
   
   
   • To start a service, type:
     
     net startservice
     
   • To stop a service, type:
     
     net stopservice
     
   • To pause a service, type:
     
     net pauseservice
     
   • To resume a service, type:
     
     net continueservice
     

 

Value	Description
net start	Starts a service.
net stop	Stops a service.
net pause	Pauses a service.
net continue	Continues a service that has been paused.
service	Specifies the name of service.

-taken from technet.microsoft.com