Check out fADSIServiceRun(). This code uses ADSI via COM to work with services. In it is simple code that will show how to get the status of a service.
code:
$objService = Getobject("WinNT://$Computer/$Service,Service")
if @error = 0
   $status = $objService.status
   ;$status = 4 ;Running
   ;$status = 1 ;Stopped
   ;$status = 7 ;Paused
endif


[ 28. May 2003, 00:16: Message edited by: Howard Bullock ]
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