Today I needed to delete a service in Windows XP because on this PC there were remains of an old virus- good ‘ol _qbot. Even though you can disable services that are running on your PC through start>run>msconfig> startup tab AND in services.msc, their “remains” still exist, or at least their annoying name. So, with the help of theeldergeek.com, a simple command from the command prompt will remove their footprint.
To Delete A Service
- Start | Run and type cmd in the Open: line. Click OK.
- Type: sc delete <service name>
- Reboot the system
command prompt
And of course, it works perfectly. I love it when things are simple.
If only everything in life where that easy!
Nice when things work out.
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