Stop remote service using PowerShell

Question

I've a script that stops remote services through WMI :

(get-service -ComputerName $server_ip -Name $service).Stop()

I want to force a service after five tries. I have build a counter, but what is the command to force a stop?

Answer 1

If you have winRM enabled you can use the following:

Invoke-Command -ComputerName server1 -ScriptBlock {
    Stop-Service $args[0] -Force } -ArgumentList $service

Answer 2

If by "force a stop" you mean you want to forcibly terminate (ie kill) the service process you could try killing the process via its PID:

$server  = '1.2.3.4'
$service = 'name'

Invoke-Command -Computer $server -ScriptBlock {
  param($svc)

  $Error.Clear()

  1..5 | % {
    Stop-Service -Name $svc
    if ($?) { break }  # exit from loop if previous command succeeded
  }

  if ($Error.Count -eq 5) {
    $pid = (Get-WmiObject Win32_Service -Filter "Name='$svc'").ProcessId
    (Get-Process -Id $pid).Kill()
  }
} -ArgumentList $service

Running the code via Invoke-Command is to avoid multiple remote connections.

This should work even for services that have the NOT_STOPPABLE flag set.