NET STOP

Stopping a service cancels any network connections the service is using. Also, some services are dependent on others. Stopping one service can stop others.

Services cannot be stopped from a command prompt within Windows.

NET HELP STOP

NET STOP [BASIC | NWREDIR | WORKSTATION | NETBEUI | NWLINK] [/YES]

NET STOP service

To stop the workgroup redirector, type:

NET STOP

(This breaks all your connections to shared resources and removes the NET commands from your computer's memory).

BASIC (v7.00)

Stops the basic redirector.

NETBEUI (v7.00)

Stops the NetBIOS interface.

NWLINK (v7.00)

Stops the IPX/SPX-compatible interface.

NWREDIR (v7.00)

Stops the Microsoft Novell(R) compatible redirector.

service (NT3.1)

One of:

• ALERTER
• BROWSER NTXP
• CLIENT SERVICE FOR NETWARE
• CLIPBOOK NTXP
• CLIPBOOK SERVER NT3.1 through NT4
• COMPUTER BROWSER NT3.1 through NT4
• DHCP CLIENT NTXP
• DIRECTORY REPLICATOR NT3.1 through NT4
• FILE REPLICATION NTXP
• LPDSVC NT3.5 through NT4
• MESSENGER
• NET LOGON
• 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 NT3.5 through NT4
• 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
• SCHEDULE NTXP
• SERVER
• SIMPLE TCP/IP SERVICES NT3.5 through NT4
• SNMP NT3.1 through NT4
• SPOOLER
• TASK SCHEDULER NT3.5 through NT4
• TCP/IP NETBIOS HELPER
• UPS
• 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

WORKSTATION (v7.00)

Stops the default redirector.

/YES (v7.00)

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

none.

You must have administrative rights to stop the Server service.

The Eventlog service cannot be stopped.

none.

none.

External

DOS

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

Windows

none

Windows NT

NT3.1 NT3.5 NT4 NTXP NT2003