>I do this to stop and start sql server from time to time. Open a cmd prompt then redirect the services to a batch file i.e.
>
>net start >c:stopsql.bat
>Then you can edit the bat file leaving the part that refers to the services you want to stop and restart.


John,

Nice trick to remember - has taken me a lot of google + trial and error to find out how to stop the sql services in a bat file that starts a backup