in reply to Re^2: Want to Start / Stop windows service through executing Perl Script
in thread Want to Start / Stop windows service through executing Perl Script

Did you look at the help for the net command? Did you search google? Perhaps the sc command is also of interest. Note that sc comes as standard on xp, Windows 2003 (and I believe above), it may be on one of the resource CDs for windows 2000/NT4

Martin