Help with scripting

"slawal" <slawal DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am trying to query for services that start with TSM xxxx then stop the
> services in the start state without have to write a net stop for every TSM
> service. After which I will find the ones in a stopping state and use
> taskkill to end the task and I am having problem accomplishing this task.
> I
> am not a scripting guy and I need any help i can get with this

Try this:
@echo off
for /F "tokens=*" %%* in ('net start ^| find /i "TSM"') do echo net stop
"%%*"

Please note:
- You must remove the word "echo" in the second line to activate
the batch file.
- You cannot use taskkill.exe to end a service. Taskkill will only
kill tasks.