Update 11/15/2009: Yeah, yeah you are probably saying. Fluff – or perhaps I already know this stuff. Our only response is yep, you probably do. This is just a classic example on how to use wmi via the cimv2 repository to attach and enumerate services locally or remote via win32_service.

Description
Returns a list of all inactive services on a computer (that is, a list of all the services that are installed but are not running).

Script Code

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & _
    "{impersonationLevel=Impersonate}!\\" & _

	strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colStoppedServices = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
  ("SELECT DisplayName,State FROM Win32_Service" &_

	" WHERE State <> 'Running'")
For Each objService in colStoppedServices
    Wscript.Echo objService.DisplayName  &_

	 " = " & objService.State
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