Hi All, I have the need to set a windows service to Automatic and start that same service on multiple computers. I was wondering if there could be a script/ batch created for this rather then vist each computer. I'm new to scripting so if there is a way I need some help figuring it out. Thanks ..

You can do this via WMI, and use WMI via either VBScript (lots of examples out there) or .NET (a little easier for experienced programmers, but probably not for a beginner.) There were some articles out there that required subscriptions that sounded like what you wanted (This one looked pretty good, and they offer a free 30-day trial), but the only free promising discussion a quick search revealed was this one. (note that the last example uses ADSI, which is a technology I haven't used much, instead of WMI to get the same thing done.) Google for WMI tutorials and look through some simple examples, then move on to the Win32_services object and see what properties and methods are available for you to manipulate it. Good luck, -SN

use sc command type sc/? to get the command options help, if you are a domain admin you can use this command to do whatever you want about the services on the remote computer.