Stopping a service in Vista 64

[lance59]

I am looking for a way to stop a service in Vista 64. This works under XP 32. I don't have Vista 32 but I suspect it would work. It just does not work under Vista 64. I am trying to stop/start the Symantec Antivirus service after I replace the GRC.dat file to point it to a new AV server. Symantec Antivirus is 64 bit.

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colListOfServices = objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * from Win32_Service Where Name ='Norton Antivirus Server' or Name = 'Symantec Antivirus'")
For Each objService in colListOfServices
objService.StopService()
Next

WScript.Sleep 30*8000

For Each objService in colListOfServices
objService.StartService()
Next

 

[markdmac]

If that service is a 64 bit service then it is probably in a different class than one starting with Win32_ though I am afraid I don't know which to look in.

You might want to download a copy of the WMI Tools from Microsoft. That will give you CIM Studio and you will be able to search for all classes that have the word service in them.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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