NET START

Starts services.

Services cannot be started from a command prompt within Windows.

NET HELP START

NET START [BASIC | NWREDIR | WORKSTATION | NETBIND | NETBEUI | NWLINK] [/LIST] [/YES] [/VERBOSE]

NET START service

To start the workgroup redirector you selected during Setup:

NET START

BASIC (v7.00)

Starts the basic redirector.

NETBEUI (v7.00)

Starts the NetBIOS interface.

NETBIND (v7.00)

Binds protocols and network-adapter drivers.

NWLINK (v7.00)

Starts the IPX/SPX-compatible interface.

NWREDIR (v7.00)

Starts the Microsoft Novell(R) compatible redirector.

WORKSTATION (v7.00)

Starts the default redirector.

/LIST (v7.00)

Displays a list of the services that are running.

service (NT3.1)

One of:

• ALERTER
• BROWSER NTXP
• cisvc, Content Index
• CLIENT SERVICE FOR NETWARE
• CLIPBOOK NTXP
• CLIPBOOK SERVER NT3.1 through NT4
• COMPUTER BROWSER NT3.1 through NT4
• DHCP CLIENT
• DIRECTORY REPLICATOR NT3.1 through NT4
• EVENTLOG
• FILE REPLICATION NTXP
• iisadmin, IIS Admin Service
• LPDSVC NT3.5 through NT4
• MESSENGER
• msftpsvc, FTP Publishing Service
• NETLOGON
• NETWORK DDE NT3.1 through NT4
• NETWORK DDE DSDM NT3.1 through NT4
• NETWORK MONITORING AGENT NT3.5 through NT4
• NT LM SECURITY SUPPORT PROVIDER
• PLUG AND PLAY
• REMOTE ACCESS CONNECTION MANAGER
• REMOTE ACCESS ISNSAP SERVICE NT3.5 through NT4
• REMOTE ACCESS SERVER NT3.5 through NT4
• REMOTE PROCEDURE CALL (RPC) LOCATOR NT3.1 through NT4
• REMOTE PROCEDURE CALL (RPC) SERVICE NT3.1 through NT4
• ROUTING AND REMOVE ACCESS NTXP
• RPCLOCATOR NTXP
• RPCSS NTXP
• SCHEDULE NTXP
• SERVER
• SIMPLE TCP/IP SERVICES NT3.5 through NT4
• smtpsvc, Microsoft SMTP Service
• SNMP NT3.1 through NT4
• SPOOLER
• TASK SCHEDULER NT3.5 through NT4
• TCPIP NETBIOS HELPER
• TELNET
• UPS
• w3svc, World Wide Web Publishing Service
• WORKSTATION

These services are available only on Windows Server:

• FILE SERVER FOR MACINTOSH NT3.1 through NT4
• GATEWAY SERVICE FOR NETWARE NT3.5 through NT4
• MICROSOFT DHCP SERVER NT3.5 through NT4
• PRINT SERVER FOR MACINTOSH NT3.1 through NT4
• WINDOWS INTERNET NAME SERVICE NT3.5 through NT4

/VERBOSE (v7.00)

Displays information about device drivers and services as they are loaded.

/YES (v7.00)

Carries out the command without first prompting you to provide information or confirm actions.

none.

If you try to start a service that is already running you will get this error message:

    The requested service has already been started.
    More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2182

When typed at the command prompt, service names of two words or more must be enclosed in quotation marks. For example, to start the computer browser service:

    NET START "COMPUTER BROWSER"

The NET START command can be used to check if a service is running:

    NET START | FIND "Service name" > nul

    IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO :s_not_running

none.

External

DOS

v7.00 v7.0R1 v7.10 v8.00

Windows

none

Windows NT

NT3.1 NT3.5 NT3.51 NT4 NTXP NT2003