strComputer ="." Set objWMIService =GetObject("winmgmts:\\"& strComputer &"\root\cimv2") Set colServiceList = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * from Win32_Service where Name = 'Alerter'") ForEach objService in colServiceList If objService.State ="Running"Then objService.StopService() Wscript.Sleep 5000 EndIf errReturnCode = objService.ChangeStartMode("Disabled") Next Set colServiceList =Nothing Set objWMIService =Nothing