You probably know how to check the properties of Windows services ( through Control Panel -> Administrative tools->Services). But sometimes you might need to check that programatically, especially if you are writing software that depends on a whether a particular value has been set on a Window service. So how do you do that? Read on.

This tip describes how to execute a perl script from windows VBscript. Although perl is used in this example, any command or program that runs on the DOS command prompt should be able to run from the vbscript this way.