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How to Stop/Start/Pause/Remove services in Windows using elevated command prompt

Step 1: Click start and type "CMD".

Step 2: Right Click CMD and select "Run as administrator"

Using NET to stop a Windows Service

To stop a service, run:

net stop <Service-Name>

where <Service-Name> is the name of the service. Be sure to enclose it in quotes if it contains a space!

For example, to stop the Print Spooler service (named “Spooler”), run:

net stop Spooler

other syntax

net start Spooler -to start

net pause Spooler - to pause

net continue Spooler - to unpause

**Using SC to stop a Windows Service

sc stop <Service-Name>

sc delete <Service-Name>

**Use at your own Risk.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490995.aspx

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