How do I delete a service?

[C.Joseph Drayton]

My room mate installed the wrong driver for a Belkin USB wifi plug.
Now when we try to install the correct driver, it says the service
name is in use.

What I did was try doing an uninstall from the 'Add/Remove' control
panel applet. reboot the machine. Same error.

I then tried turning off the service in Computer Management then did
the install, same error.

Then tried disabling and stopping the service and doing an
uninstall. same error.

I then tried stopping the service, disabling the service,
uninstalling the driver, then going in to the registry and removing
all keys that have the word belkin in it. The same error.

Belkin does not have na uninstaller and their tech support says it
is a Windows issue. Microsoft for $39 told me that the problem was
with Belkin's uninstaller and that it wasn't their problem.

I don't know what else to try. I just can't figure out how if I am
removing the references to 'belkin' from the registry that the
service can still load. I have also made sure that the entire Belkin
folder created under 'Program Files' has been deleted.

Any ideas?

Ciao . . . C.Joseph

"When hope is lost . . . the spirit dies."
-- Lao Tzu

http://www.tlerma.com/

 

[WTC]

See if this helps you out, open the Command Prompt and type the following
commands:

sc config "servicename" start= disabled

sc stop "servicename"

sc delete "servicename"

You will find the Service name in the Services Console. Control Panel
(Classic View) > Administrative Tools > Services

Reboot your system and try install the correct driver.

Good Luck!

 

[C.Joseph Drayton]

See if this helps you out, open the Command Prompt and type the following
commands:

sc config "servicename" start= disabled

sc stop "servicename"

sc delete "servicename"

You will find the Service name in the Services Console. Control Panel
(Classic View) > Administrative Tools > Services

Reboot your system and try install the correct driver.

Good Luck!

Hi WTC,

I just tried and I am still getting the same error.

The error is that the Service Name is in use.

When I do a 'sc query' from the command prompt, it doesn't list the
service after doing the commands you said and rebooting.

Before I did a delete, I checked to see if there were and
dependencies that might be causing the problem, but according to the
compmgmt.msc there are no dependencies for the service.

I am definitely stumped.

Ciao . . . C.Joseph

"When hope is lost . . . the spirit dies."
-- Lao Tzu

http://www.tlerma.com/

 

[WTC]

Can you export the following registry key?

[HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services]

Right-click on Services and select Export. Export the file to your Desktop
and name the file "services.txt".

Do you remember the service name? Try looking for the service name in the
"services.txt". If you find the service name under a registry key called:

[HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Belkin]

then delete Belkin from the registry. Reboot your computer and try to
reinstall the driver again.