Display a list of Started Services from the Command Line (Windows)
To interact with the services panel from the command line, Windows provides the Net utility. From the command prompt, you can use this utility to start, stop, pause and continue services. What most people don't realize is that you can also use this to display a list of services that are running on your computer.
Syntax:
net start
Provides this output(will vary based on your machine):
These Windows services are started:
Adobe Active File Monitor
Adobe LM Service
Application Layer Gateway Service
Ati HotKey Poller
Automatic Updates
Background Intelligent Transfer Service
Bluetooth Service
Cisco Systems, Inc. VPN Service
COM+ Event System
Computer Browser
Cryptographic Services
DCOM Server Process Launcher
DHCP Client
Distributed Link Tracking Client
DNS Client
Error Reporting Service
Event Log
FTP Publishing
Help and Support
HID Input Service
HP WMI Interface
IIS Admin
Infrared Monitor
Logical Disk Manager
Machine Debug Manager
Microsoft Search
The 'sc' command (Service Controller) is far superior to listing the services that are configured on your host. For example, to list all NT services but only those that are running (to equate to the 'net start' command), run:
sc query type= service
To see those that are defined but not running:
sc query type= service state= inactive
And to see both running and stopped services:
sc query type= service state= all
Yes, the spaces are needed after the equals sign. Run "sc /?" to get all its help. It is likely that 'sc' is only available on some versions of Windows (this was tested under Windows XP Pro).