Stop-Service - Powershell 2.0 CmdLet

Microsoft Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting tool based on the Microsoft .NET Framework. It is designed for system administrators, engineers and developers to control and automate the administration of Windows and applications.

More than hundred command-line tools (so called "cmdlets") can be used to perform system administration tasks and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). These cmdlets are easy to use, with standard naming conventions and common parameters, and standard tools for piping, sorting, filtering, and formatting data and objects.

Stop-Service

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Short description
Stops one or more running services.

Syntax
Stop-Service [-Name] <string[]> [-Exclude <string[]>] [-Force] [-Include <string[]>] [-PassThru] [-Confirm] [-WhatI
f] [<CommonParameters>]

Stop-Service -DisplayName <string[]> [-Exclude <string[]>] [-Force] [-Include <string[]>] [-PassThru] [-Confirm] [-
WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]

Stop-Service [-InputObject <ServiceController[]>] [-Exclude <string[]>] [-Force] [-Include <string[]>] [-PassThru] 
[-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]

Description
The Stop-Service cmdlet sends a stop message to the Windows Service Controller for each of the specified services. 
You can specify the services by their service names or display names, or you can use the InputObject parameter to p
ass a service object representing the services that you want to stop.