Group Net Send - How can I remotely turn on the Messenger service?

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You remotely turn on the Messenger service using either two different utilities included in some Resource Kits. The first is
called SC.EXE from the NT Resource Kit and NTSVC.EXE from Supplement 2 Resource Kit.

Obviously you need to have administrative privileges and access to Server Manager which allows you to open the services applet on any machine.

SC.EXE is a tool that provides a way to communicate with
Service Controller (SERVICES.EXE) from the command prompt
to retrieve information about services. You can also use
it to control services from the command prompt.

NETSVC.EXE is a new tool that also provides a way to remotely
start, stop, and query the status of services from the
command prompt.

To start Messenger on a remote machine type the following:

For SC.EXE type:
SC \machine_name START "Messenger"

Or for Netsvc.exe:
netsvc /start \machine_name "Messenger"

For more information on these two utilities run the
command with the /? parameter at a command prompt or
read the help file included with your resource kit.
Microsoft also has a Knowledbase article on these
utilities.

Click here to download the NT 4 resource kit
that includes the SC.EXE application.

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How can I remotely turn on the Messenger service?