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Services - Stop |
<AMSERVICES ACTIVITY="stop" SERVICE="text" STOPIFMASTER="YES/NO" /> |
Description:
Stops a local or remote service.
Use this activity to stop a service and remove the software from memory. Stopping a service prevents users from gaining access to the computer's shared resources. Note that some services might be dependent on other services.
Service
Property |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Markup |
Description |
Service Name |
Text |
Yes |
(Empty) |
SERVICENAME="Task Scheduler" |
The name of the service to stop. |
Include devices in the list of services (local connection only) |
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If enabled, indicates that device drivers will be included in the Service name parameter's drop-down list of services. This parameter is disabled by default and is not available if a remote service is specified. This is a design time parameter and therefore includes no markups. |
Force-stop dependent services as well |
Yes/No |
No |
No |
STOPIFMASTER="YES" |
If set to YES, dependent services will be forced to stop as well. This parameter is set to NO by default. |
Computer
Property |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Markup |
Description |
Local computer |
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If enabled, indicates that this activity will stop a service on the local computer. This parameter is enabled by default. If this parameter is selected, the Another computer parameter becomes inactive. This is a visual mode parameter used during design time only, therefore, it contains no markups. |
Another computer |
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If enabled, indicates that this activity will stop a service on a remote computer. The parameters below become active if this parameter is enabled. This is a visual mode parameter used during design time only, therefore, it contains no markups. |
Computer |
Text |
Yes |
(Empty) |
REMOTEMACHINE="MachineName" |
The computer name of the remote machine in which to connect to. |
Domain |
Text |
Yes |
(Empty) |
REMOTEDOMAIN="DomainName" |
The domain that the remote machine belongs to. |
Username |
Text |
Yes |
(Empty) |
REMOTEUSERNAME="Username" |
A valid username used to log onto the remote machine. This user must have proper permissions to modify services on the remote machine. |
Password |
Text |
Yes |
(Empty) |
REMOTEPASSWORD="password" |
The password associated with the username entered above. |
NOTE: The sample AML code below can be copied and pasted directly into the Steps panel of the Task Builder. |
Description: Stop service "Task Scheduler"
<AMSERVICES ACTIVITY="stop" SERVICE="Task Scheduler" STOPIFMASTER="YES" /> |