Before reinventing the wheel, you might want to take a look at the UDF Forum as there are a couple of UDFs that stop a service.
See for example WMIService() , though there are a total of 8 UDFs dealing with this. Search for 'service' in UDF Fourm subject lines only.
[ 03. January 2003, 23:21: Message edited by: sealeopard ]
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There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
