Disabling (temporarily) running services

[TC]

Is there another way of disabling services running in Task Manager?

I have three programs running, spam filter, firewall and anti-virus
software. Normally, in order to temporarily disable these programs, I would
right-click on the icon and select the appropriate command from the menu.

Using a program called Batchrun, I wanted to produce a batch file which
would disable all three of the programs mentioned above by a single click on
a desktop icon. To test this theory, I selected 'End Process' and entered
the EXE file for the spam filter and it worked perfectly.

However, I am having great difficulty finding out how to disable the
firewall and the anti-virus software. Simply following the same pattern I
used with the spam filter doesn't work.

Msconfig.Exe and Services.Msc do not appear to offer anything other than
permanently disabling software.

Any ideas appreciated.

TC

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Open a command prompt (in Pro Edition) and type: 'taskkill /?'

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All email without "QZ" in the subject line will be automatically deleted.
marfer's notes for XP > http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/xp_notes.htm
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"TC" > wrote in message
...
> Is there another way of disabling services running in Task Manager?
>
> I have three programs running, spam filter, firewall and anti-virus
> software. Normally, in order to temporarily disable these programs, I would
> right-click on the icon and select the appropriate command from the menu.
>
> Using a program called Batchrun, I wanted to produce a batch file which
> would disable all three of the programs mentioned above by a single click on
> a desktop icon. To test this theory, I selected 'End Process' and entered
> the EXE file for the spam filter and it worked perfectly.
>
> However, I am having great difficulty finding out how to disable the
> firewall and the anti-virus software. Simply following the same pattern I
> used with the spam filter doesn't work.
>
> Msconfig.Exe and Services.Msc do not appear to offer anything other than
> permanently disabling software.
>
> Any ideas appreciated.
>
> TC
>
>

[TC]

Unfortunately, I'm using XP Home!

"Mark L. Ferguson" > wrote in message
...
> Open a command prompt (in Pro Edition) and type: 'taskkill /?'
>
> --
> Mark L. Ferguson TabletPC MVP
> Email address : Subject: "QZ" + anything
> All email without "QZ" in the subject line will be automatically deleted.
> marfer's notes for XP > http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/xp_notes.htm
> .
>
> "TC" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Is there another way of disabling services running in Task Manager?
> >
> > I have three programs running, spam filter, firewall and anti-virus
> > software. Normally, in order to temporarily disable these programs, I
would
> > right-click on the icon and select the appropriate command from the
menu.
> >
> > Using a program called Batchrun, I wanted to produce a batch file which
> > would disable all three of the programs mentioned above by a single
click on
> > a desktop icon. To test this theory, I selected 'End Process' and
entered
> > the EXE file for the spam filter and it worked perfectly.
> >
> > However, I am having great difficulty finding out how to disable the
> > firewall and the anti-virus software. Simply following the same pattern
I
> > used with the spam filter doesn't work.
> >
> > Msconfig.Exe and Services.Msc do not appear to offer anything other than
> > permanently disabling software.
> >
> > Any ideas appreciated.
> >
> > TC
> >
> >
>

[Mark L. Ferguson]

The WMI is quite capable of it. I don't use Home a lot, and this might require a
shortcut with a shim to 'runas' the default "Administrator", I haven't really
tried it.

--close_notepad.vbs--
set wmi = GetObject("winmgmts:")
wql = "select * from win32_process where name='notepad.exe'"
set result = wmi.ExecQuery(wql)
for each instance in result
instance.Terminate(0)
next
--end file cut here--

--
Mark L. Ferguson TabletPC MVP
Email address : Subject: "QZ" + anything
All email without "QZ" in the subject line will be automatically deleted.
marfer's notes for XP > http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/xp_notes.htm
..

"TC" > wrote in message
...
> Unfortunately, I'm using XP Home!
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Open a command prompt (in Pro Edition) and type: 'taskkill /?'
> >
> > --
> > Mark L. Ferguson TabletPC MVP
> > Email address : Subject: "QZ" + anything
> > All email without "QZ" in the subject line will be automatically deleted.
> > marfer's notes for XP > http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/xp_notes.htm
> > .
> >
> > "TC" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Is there another way of disabling services running in Task Manager?
> > >
> > > I have three programs running, spam filter, firewall and anti-virus
> > > software. Normally, in order to temporarily disable these programs, I
> would
> > > right-click on the icon and select the appropriate command from the
> menu.
> > >
> > > Using a program called Batchrun, I wanted to produce a batch file which
> > > would disable all three of the programs mentioned above by a single
> click on
> > > a desktop icon. To test this theory, I selected 'End Process' and
> entered
> > > the EXE file for the spam filter and it worked perfectly.
> > >
> > > However, I am having great difficulty finding out how to disable the
> > > firewall and the anti-virus software. Simply following the same pattern
> I
> > > used with the spam filter doesn't work.
> > >
> > > Msconfig.Exe and Services.Msc do not appear to offer anything other than
> > > permanently disabling software.
> > >
> > > Any ideas appreciated.
> > >
> > > TC
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>