You can stop them from the Component Services snap in to the MMC. Go to Administrative Tools | Component Services. Right-click on the component and click Shutdown.

>OK I actually just recoded the same line and it stopped complaining about it, perhaps a side-effect of pasting from the web the first time.
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>Therefore, the original problem is nominally solved, however, I would like a better handle on what services running on win2000 server control Component Services hosting etc. During my testing I expect to have a number of wayward components that need to be flushed out of the pipe :)
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>Thanks, Craig
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