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Excellent. That did it. Thanks to you both. &nbsp;Pnkisthenewblue gets the majority of the points for the example and the more slimlined solution.<br />
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Excellent. That did it. Thanks to you both.  Pnkisthenewblue gets the majority of the points for the example and the more slimlined solution.



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Glad I could be of help. Thanks.
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I have a mail service running on my Win2003 server which hangs once in a while. I need to shut down the service and turn it back on twice a day. &nbsp;Is there any way to do this using a scheduled event or some other way? I don't see how a scheduled event can do this. &nbsp;The mails services need to be toggled off then on very quickly, in a matter of a few seconds to avoid loosing mail connectivity.
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I have a mail service running on my Win2003 server which hangs once in a while. I need to shut down the service and turn it back on twice a day.  Is there any way to do this using a scheduled event or some other way? I don't see how a scheduled event can do this.  The mails services need to be toggled off then on very quickly, in a matter of a few seconds to avoid loosing mail connectivity.

Auto toggle a service on Windows 2003 Server R2 using a scheduled event or other means.

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).