Manage Windows services on a VPS

Control Windows services (IIS, OpenSSH, updates) on your Windows VPS.

📋 Prerequisites

• Administrator RDP or PowerShell session
• Service name (e.g. W3SVC, sshd)

List services

PowerShell
1Get-Service | Sort-Object Status, Name | Format-Table -AutoSize

Control a service

PowerShell
1Stop-Service -Name W3SVC -Force
2Start-Service -Name W3SVC
3Restart-Service -Name W3SVC

Set automatic startup

PowerShell
1Set-Service -Name sshd -StartupType Automatic
2Get-Service sshd

Check recent system errors

PowerShell
1Get-EventLog -LogName System -Newest 20 | Where-Object { $_.EntryType -eq 'Error' }

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Solid administration! 🚀