The
Pstools
suite of tools from the guys at
www.sysinternals.com
are excellent for controlling computers in an AD domain.
The tool you need is PsServices which has the following syntax:
[code:1]PsService v2.13 - Service information and configuration utility
Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals -
www.sysinternals.com
PsService lists or controls services on a local or remote system.
Usage: psservice.exe [\\Computer [-u Username [-p Password]]] <cmd> <optns>
Cmd is one of the following:
query Queries the status of a service
config Queries the configuration
setconfig Sets the configuration
start Starts a service
stop Stops a service
restart Stops and then restarts a service
pause Pauses a service
cont Continues a paused service
depend Enumerates the services that depend on the one specified
find Searches for an instance of a service on the network
Use the username and password to log into the remote computer in cases where
your account does not have permissions to perform the action you specify.
Omitting a command queries the active services on the specified computer.
Enter -? for help on a particular command.[/code:1]
You can either stick it in a batch file which runs against all computers in your domain, or you can put it in a domain login script.
