If you read fADSIServiceRun, you will see that it can connect to a remote computer and then uses the "status" method to get the current current state of the service. below is a code segment from the UDF which you can tune to your own needs.

Code:

$objService = Getobject("WinNT://$Computer/$Service,Service")
if @error = 0
   $status = $objService.status
    select
       case $status = 4 ;Running
          ; do something
       case $status = 1 ;Stopped
          ; do something
       case $status = 7 ;Paused
          ; do something
       case 1
          ? "Unhandled service status(0):$status"
          exit (1)
    endselect
endif
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