net start

net start

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Manages services.

Syntax

 net start   service   

Options

None

A list of services currently running on the machine

service

The service you want to start

Examples

Display the services running on the local machine:

  net start  These Windows services are started:    Alerter    Application Management    Certificate Services    COM+ Event System    Computer Browser    DHCP Client    DHCP Server    Distributed File System    Distributed Link Tracking Client    Distributed Link Tracking Server    Distributed Transaction Coordinator    DNS Client    DNS Server    Event Log    File Replication Service    File Server for Macintosh    FTP Publishing Service    IIS Admin Service    Indexing Service    Internet Authentication Service    Intersite Messaging    IPSEC Policy Agent    Kerberos Key Distribution Center    License Logging Service    Logical Disk Manager    Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service    Message Queuing    Messenger    Microsoft Search    Net Logon    Network Connections    Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP)    NT LM Security Support Provider    Plug and Play    Print Server for Macintosh    Print Spooler    Protected Storage    Remote Access Connection Manager    Remote Procedure Call (RPC)    Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator    Remote Registry Service    Remote Storage Engine    Remote Storage File    Remote Storage Media    Removable Storage    RunAs Service    SAP Agent    Security Accounts Manager    Server    Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP)    Simple TCP/IP Services    Site Server ILS Service    SNMP Service    Still Image Service    System Event Notification    Task Scheduler    TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service    TCP/IP Print Server    Telephony    Windows Installer    Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)    Windows Management Instrumentation    Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions    Windows Media Monitor Service    Windows Media Program Service    Windows Media Station Service    Windows Media Unicast Service    Windows Time    Workstation    World Wide Web Publishing Service The command completed successfully. 

Start the Fax service:

  net start "Fax Service"  The Fax Service service is starting. The Fax Service service was started successfully. 

Notes

• Use quotation marks to enclose service names containing embedded spaces.

• Starting services can have unexpected effects due to service dependencies.

• The GUI tool for managing services is the Services console.

See Also

net continue , net pause , net stop , Services