Tip 100: Configure a services startup type from the command line

You will typically use the Services GUI in Windows to configure the startup type for a service.

However, you can also use the Sc command to set the startup type from the command line:

sc config <service name> start=<mode>

For example,

sc config tlntsvr start=auto

automatically starts the tlntsvr service when you boot the system.

Possible start options are:

auto the service will be automatically started at boot time, even if no user logs on
boot the device driver will be loaded by the boot loader
demand the service must be manually started (the default)
disabled the service can’t be started
system the service will be started during kernel initialization