Re: Disable Service Using SMS Installer

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Or you can just use the "sc" command. It is built in to WinXP+

For example, this will disable the SMS Client Service:
"sc config ccmexec start= disabled"

(Of course, no one wants to disable their SMS Client Service!)


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David James [MSFT]
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"Terry Matthews" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Basically if you edit the registry there are a couple keys to help you.
>
> Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\
>
> In there look at the various services (names might not look how they show
> up in the Services GUI) and you'll see a value called "Start" with 2-4.
> These values tell the machine what to set the start up as to:
> 2 = Automatic
> 3 = Manual
> 4 = Disabled
>
> In your SMS Installer script just edit the registry for the name you want
> and set that value. I would then put a stop\start service command for
> your service. That should work. If not you may need to do a reboot.
>
> Terry
>
>
> "Derek" <garionb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Hello,
>> Can anyone help me with finding a way to DISABLE a service or set a
>> service to MANUAL using SMS INSTALLER? Any help would be appreciated,
>> thanks.
>>
>> Derek
>>
>
>


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