How To Set Multiple Services On Multiple Remote Computers

By Nirmal Sharma / July 30, 2009

This article can be useful for users who want to set multiple services on remote computers. The following steps can be performed to accomplish this:

Steps:

1. Create a text file: Comps.TXT

2. Put all the computer names in it.

3. Create another text file and put all the services you want to start: Services.TXT

4. Create a batch file: SetServices.CMD and put the following lines in it:

@ Echo OFF
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
FOR /F "Tokens=*" %%L IN (Comps.TXT) DO (
SET CompName=%%L
FOR /F "Tokens=*" %%L IN (Services.TXT) DO SC \\!CompName! Start %%L auto
)
)

5. Finally, run the SetServices.CMD from a command window.

The above script start the services mentioned in the Services.TXT file on computers mentioned in the Comps.TXT file.

About The Author

Nirmal Sharma

Nirmal Sharma is a MCSEx3, MCITP and was awarded the Microsoft MVP award in Directory Services and Windows Networking. He specializes in Microsoft Azure, Office 365, Directory Services, Failover Clusters, Hyper-V, PowerShell Scripting and System Center products. Nirmal has been involved with Microsoft Technologies since 1994. In his spare time, he likes to help others and share some of his knowledge by writing tips and articles on various sites.