"Chris" wrote:

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> You might try sc.exe with a fully qualified path.
>
> sc.exe \\servername stop "service name"
>
> also try;
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/PsService.mspx
>
>
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> Regards,
>
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> "Chris" wrote:
> |I have a dilema I cannot figure out.
> |
> | I need to run a step in a DTS package that checks a count in a table. If
> the
> | count does not meet my criteria I need it to error out and run a batch
> file
> | to turn off a service on a different server.
> |
> | I have tried running another DTS package (shelling out a cmd) on the
> server
> | where the service lives. I can get the the package to run but it will not
> | turn off the service.
> |
> | I have also tried to run the batch file (shelling out a cmd) to turn the
> | service off as well. The batch file lives on the server where the service
> | needs to be turn off but it will not turn it off.
> |
> | If I run the DTS package that I am shelling outm on the server where the
> | service lives it works fine.
> |
> | Can any one give any insight into this?
> |
> | Thanks for all of your help
>
>