Windows PowerShell Hands-On Training for Beginners - Manage Windows Services - Advanced Options

This video tutorial covers the use of PowerShell cmdlets to manage Windows services. It explains how to stop, start, and restart services, and discusses the limitations of the restart service cmdlet. The tutorial also demonstrates how to change the startup type and user account of a service using the set service cmdlet, highlighting differences between PowerShell versions. The video concludes with an assignment to reinforce learning.

Which PowerShell cmdlet is used to fetch services by name or wildcard?

• List-Service

• Retrieve-Service

• Fetch-Service

• Get-Service

What must you ensure before stopping a service using PowerShell?

• PowerShell is running as administrator

• The service is set to manual start

• PowerShell is running in safe mode

• The service is not in use

What is a potential issue with using the 'restart service' cmdlet?

• It may require a system reboot

• It may not stop the service

• It may not start the service

• It may not behave correctly

How can you change the startup type of a service to manual?

• Use the 'modify-service' cmdlet

• Use the 'change-service' cmdlet

• Use the 'update-service' cmdlet

• Use the 'set-service' cmdlet

Which PowerShell version is required to change the service user account using 'set-service'?

• PowerShell 5

• PowerShell 6

• PowerShell 8

• PowerShell 7

What alternative methods can be used in PowerShell 5 to change the service user account?

• Using CMD and WMI

• Using SC EXE and WMI

• Using SC EXE and CMD

• Using WMI and CMD

What is the default startup type for services that start automatically on system reboot?

• Manual

• Automatic

• Disabled

• Delayed