How to Use Windows Services to Start or Stop Services

This article contains information about starting or stopping Windows Services for troubleshooting purposes.

Table of Contents:

1. Windows Services
2. Open Windows Services
3. Use Windows Service
4. More Information

Windows Services

Windows Services is an application in Windows that allows you to manage the processes that run in the background of Windows. These services can be automatically started when the system boots up, is paused, or restarted.

Note: The following steps are for advanced users, and Dell provides this article for informational purposes.

Open Windows Services

The following methods can be used to open the Windows Services User Interface (UI).

Start Menu

1. Click the Windows icon or round Windows button in the lower left corner.
    
2. Type Services and press the Enter key.

You should see the following (Figure 1):

Figure 1

Run Box

1. Press the Windows and R keys simultaneously.
    
2. Type: Services
    
3. Click OK or press the Enter key.

You should see the following (Figure 2):

Figure 2

Command Prompt

1. Click the Windows icon or round Windows button in the lower left corner.
    
2. Type: Command Prompt
    
3. In the Command Prompt window, type Services.msc and press the Enter key.

You should see the following (Figure 3):

Figure 3

Use Windows Services

Once the Windows Services UI is open, you can right-click the selected service to stop (disable) or start (enable) the service (Figure 4).

Figure 4

More Information

The following links can be used to gather more information about using Windows Services.

• Windows Service Wiki
   
• How to Open Windows Services
   
• How to Start and Stop Services Manually on Windows 10