Script to stop services

ggrr1970

Hi.

I have a laptop and spend a lot of time travelling where I have no power source other than my battery. I can extend the battery life by a factor of two by turning off unnecessary services but it's a pain doing it manually. I'd like to write a simple script/batch file to switch off the unnecessary services but I'm receiving an error when I try this on the command line. I receive no errors doing it through the services.msc UI. It's something to do with the 'Local Services' account but I'm not sure what. I am a member of the Admin group. The error is:

Error 1079: The account specified for this service is different from the account specified for other services running in the same process.

There are no passwords on any accounts. Might this be the problem? IIS is not installed or any of its ancillary services e.g. ftp publishing etc.
TVM

tman

Should just be a case of making a batch file with "net stop servicename" for each service you want to stop, then ensuring you right click and run as admin

Just made a batch file with the following and it worked for me no bother;

@echo off
net stop EventSystem
pause

Fysh

What version of windows are you running?

I've just tested the following on Windows 7 and it works fine:

To stop services:

echo Stoppping specified services...
net stop Webclient
net stop Fax
echo All specified services stopped.
pause

To start services:

echo Stoppping specified services...
net stop Webclient
net stop Fax
echo All specified services stopped.
pause

Save each as a .bat on the desktop, run as administrator and it works fine.

If you're on XP you may have to try and get clever with using runas to specify the LocalService account when starting/stopping the services. Don't forget you'll also need to wrap any multi-word service names in speech marks.

ggrr1970

Sorry. Prob should have given some more info. The 'net stop' works with the more regular services but if you try it with some of the less regular ones you will get the error e.g. Adaptive Brightness service - SensrSvc. Prob should've mentioned that this occurs on W7
~Thx

tman

You're definitely right clicking on the command prompt and running as admin beforehand?

ggrr1970

I tried running under the Local System Account in the Log On tab but I see the same error.
How do I right click/run as within the command line?

tman

As in type "cmd" into the search bar, right click on the command prompt icon before launching it and choose run as administrator, then do the "net stop xxxxx" bit

Fysh

If you've saved your batch files or cmdlets on the desktop, you can right-click them and select Run As Administrator there. If you don't do this, the files and any commands they contain will run as a non-elevated user.

ggrr1970

Ahh. Sorry. Okay, I see what you mean but the thing is I want to write a batch file (stop.bat) to stop the services. How would I assign 'Run As' to the script? Apols if I seem like an idiot but am a UNIX head.

Pesky Windows
thx again

ggrr1970

Sorry Fysh. just saw yours. Will try

ggrr1970

Okay. Tried that but same result. Tried via the gui and the cl. Same error.

System error 5 has occurred.

Access is denied.

Can you verify with SensrSvc service on W7?
Thx

Fysh

ggrr1970 wrote: »

Okay. Tried that but same result. Tried via the gui and the cl. Same error.

System error 5 has occurred.

Access is denied.

Can you verify with SensrSvc service on W7?
Thx

Yep, just verified that it works using the same layout as above - saved the code as stopservice.bat on the desktop, right-clicked and selected Run As Administrator, and a command prompt appears showing the status of each service being started or stopped.

Fysh

I've just stumbled across Sudo for Windows which might be of interest to you if you're more familiar with Linux than Windows. I've not used it, but it might help you get Windows working under a more familiar security model.

Edited to add:

There are also some Script Elevation PowerToys which be very handy for this sort of thing. I've not used them yet but will definitely be tinkering in the next few days...