Windows Services

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Best practices on using Windows Services.

Solutions

• How to Allow Non-Admin Users to Start/Stop Windows Service?
• The Windows User need permission to run a service with that user account.

1. First enable Windows Group Policy editor.

PowerShell script

a function for PowerShell that changes the username, password, and restarts a service on a remote computer (you can use localhost if you want to change the local server). I've used this for monthly service account password resets on hundreds of servers.

You can find a copy of the original at http://www.send4help.net/change-remote-windows-service-credentials-password-powershel-495

It also waits until the service is fully stopped to try to start it again, unlike one of the other answers.

Function Set-ServiceAcctCreds([string]$strCompName,[string]$strServiceName,[string]$newAcct,[string]$newPass){
  $filter = 'Name=' + "'" + $strServiceName + "'" + ''
  $service = Get-WMIObject -ComputerName $strCompName -namespace "root\cimv2" -class Win32_Service -Filter $filter
  $service.Change($null,$null,$null,$null,$null,$null,$newAcct,$newPass)
  $service.StopService()
  while ($service.Started){
    sleep 2
    $service = Get-WMIObject -ComputerName $strCompName -namespace "root\cimv2" -class Win32_Service -Filter $filter
  }
  $service.StartService()
}