VB Script to Remotely Start or Stop a windows service with get current state

This script will start or stop a service on a remote computer. It will optionally allow you to retrieve the current state of the service before and after you make a change. This is useful for verifying the state of the service before you make a change and to verify the change has been applied.

dim svcName, sStart, sStop
dim service
dim objService
dim SvrName
dim input
dim input2
Dim svclist
Dim compname
dim objFile
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

on error resume next

input = Inputbox ("Computer Name that you would like to Start or stop service on:"& vbCRLF & "Default is this pc", _
"Stop or Start service","localhost")

If input = "" Then
WScript.Quit
End If

returnvalue=MsgBox ("Do you want display a list of services on remote pc?"& vbCRLF & "List will show the Service Short Name, the current State and the Service Display Name", 36, "Show Services")
if returnvalue = 6 then

Const ForWriting = 2

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile _
("c:services list.txt", ForWriting, True)
Set colServices =  GetObject("winmgmts://" & input).ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Service")
objTextFile.WriteLine("Short Name") & VbTab & ("Current State") & VbTab & VbTab & ("Display Name")
For Each objService in colServices
objTextFile.WriteLine(objService.Name  & VbTab  & _
objService.State & VbTab & VbTab & objService.DisplayName)
Next
objTextFile.Close
WScript.Sleep 500
wShshell.Run "notepad c:services list.txt"
WScript.Sleep 500

If input = "" Then
WScript.Quit
End If

input2 = Inputbox ("Enter the Service name you want to start or stop:" & vbCRLF & "Use the services list.txt file to get service short name if you don't know it." & vbCRLF & "print spooler = spooler" & vbCRLF & "remote registry = remoteregistry" & vbCRLF & "Windows Event log = eventlog"& vbCRLF & "Default is Print Spooler" & vbCRLF & "","Service Name","spooler")

If input2 = "" Then
WScript.Quit
End If

SvrName = input
svcName = input2

Set service = GetObject("winmgmts:!\" & svrName & "rootcimv2")
svc = "Win32_Service=" & "'" & svcName & "'"
state = inputbox _
("Enter start or stop to Change the Status of Service"  & vbCRLF & "lowercase only" & vbCRLF & "Default is start","start or stop","start")

If state = "" Then
WScript.Quit
End If

if state = "start" then
Set objService = Service.Get(svc)
retVal = objService.StartService()

returnvalue=MsgBox ("Do you want re-open the services list.txt file and verify the state change?", 36, "Started the " & svcName & " service on " & SvrName)
if returnvalue = 6 then

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile _
("c:services list.txt", ForWriting, True)
Set colServices =  GetObject("winmgmts://" & input).ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Service")
objTextFile.WriteLine("Short Name") & VbTab & ("Current State") & VbTab & ("Display Name")
For Each objService in colServices
objTextFile.WriteLine(objService.Name  & VbTab  & _
objService.State & VbTab  & objService.DisplayName)
Next
objTextFile.Close
WScript.Sleep 500
wShshell.Run "notepad c:services list.txt"
WScript.Sleep 500
end if
WScript.Quit

elseif state = "stop" then
Set objService = Service.Get(svc)
retVal = objService.StopService()
end if
returnvalue=MsgBox ("Do you want re-open the services list.txt file and verify the state change?", 36, "Stopped the " & svcName & " service on " & SvrName)
if returnvalue = 6 then

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile _
("c:services list.txt", ForWriting, True)
Set colServices =  GetObject("winmgmts://" & input).ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Service")
objTextFile.WriteLine("Short Name") & VbTab & ("Current State") & VbTab & ("Display Name")
For Each objService in colServices
objTextFile.WriteLine(objService.Name  & VbTab  & _
objService.State & VbTab  & objService.DisplayName)
Next
objTextFile.Close
WScript.Sleep 500
wShshell.Run "notepad c:services list.txt"
WScript.Sleep 500
end if
WScript.Quit

end if

Category: Scripts, VBS