List the services installed on one or more machines along with the status (running, stopped, disabled etc)
Call the script below passing the name of a text file containing the machines to query.
The output is written to a set of csv files in the current directory, one per machine: Services_<machine_name>.csv
Param($file)
function ServiceInfo{
Param($mc)
# Ping the machine to see if it is online
$online=PingMachine $mc
if ($online -eq $true)
{
# List services and service status
get-wmiobject win32_service -computer $mc | select displayname,name,startmode,`
status,state | sort-object -property displayName | `
export-csv -path "Services_$mc.csv" -noTypeInformation
}
else
{
Write-Verbose " - Ping Failed!"
Write-Host "Error: $mc not Pingable" -fore RED
}
}
function PingMachine {
Param([string]$machinename)
$pingresult = Get-WmiObject win32_pingstatus -f "address='$machinename'"
if($pingresult.statuscode -eq 0) {$true} else {$false}
}
## Main
if($file -and (test-Path $file))
{
foreach($comp in (get-Content $file))
{
Write-Host " +++ Processing Computer [$Comp] +++"
ServiceInfo $comp
}
}
Example
Call the script above passing the name of a text file containing the machines to query, one per line.
Assuming the script above is saved in the current directory as ServiceStatus.ps1
PS C:\> ./ServiceStatus workstations.txt
“In any collection of data, the figure most obviously correct, beyond all need of checking, is the mistake” ~ Finagle's third law
Related PowerShell Cmdlets:
psinfo - List information about a system.
List of Windows 10 services with default status.
Get-Service - Get a list of services.