'Description: This script backs up the Windows Services startup configuration to

Batch & REG files.

'For Windows 10/11, Windows Server 2016
'© 2016-2022 Ramesh Srinivasan
'Website: https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/
'Created: 2016
'Revised: July 30, 2022

Option Explicit
If WScript.Arguments.length = 0 Then
Dim objShell : Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
objShell.ShellExecute "wscript.exe", Chr(34) & _
WScript.ScriptFullName & Chr(34) & " uac", "", "runas", 1
Else
Dim WshShell, objFSO, objFile, sNow, iSvcType, iStartupType, iSvcCnt,
iPerUserSvcCnt
Dim sREGFile, sBATFile, r, b, objWMIService, colListOfServices, objService,
sSvcKey
Dim sStartState, sSvcName, sSkippedSvc
Set WshShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Set objFSO = Wscript.CreateObject("Scripting.FilesystemObject")
Set objFile = objFSO.GetFile(WScript.ScriptFullName)

'Set files names for REG and Batch files

sNow = Year(Date) & Right("0" & Month(Date), 2) & Right("0" & Day(Date), 2)
sREGFile = objFSO.GetParentFolderName(objFile) & "\svc_curr_state_" & sNow &
".reg"
sBATFile = objFSO.GetParentFolderName(objFile) & "\svc_curr_state_" & sNow &
".bat"
sSvcKey = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\"

Set r = objFSO.CreateTextFile (sREGFile, True)

r.WriteLine "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00"
r.WriteBlankLines 1
r.WriteLine ";Services Startup Configuration Backup " & Now
r.WriteBlankLines 1

Set b = objFSO.CreateTextFile (sBATFile, True)

b.WriteLine "@echo Restore Service Startup State saved at " & Now
b.WriteBlankLines 1

iSvcCnt=0
iPerUserSvcCnt=0

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _

& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & "." & "\root\cimv2")

Set colListOfServices = objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * from Win32_Service")

For Each objService In colListOfServices

iSvcCnt=iSvcCnt + 1
sStartState = lcase(objService.StartMode)
sSvcName = objService.Name

'Check if it's a per-user service. The service type will be "Unknown"

If objService.ServiceType = "Unknown" Then
'Get the corresponding Template Service's name from the Per-user service
name
Dim sSvcTemplateName
 sSvcTemplateName = Split(sSvcName, "_")

On Error Resume Next

iSvcType = WshShell.RegRead (sSvcKey & sSvcTemplateName(0) & "\Type")
On Error GoTo 0
If Err.number = 0 Then
'Template service will be of type 96 or 80.
If iSvcType = "96" Or iSvcType = "80" Then
'It's a Per-user service
iPerUserSvcCnt = iPerUserSvcCnt + 1
sSvcName = sSvcTemplateName(0)
End If
End If
End If

r.WriteLine "[" & sSvcKey & sSvcName & "]"

'If the service name contains spaces, enclose it in double quotes

If InStr(sSvcName, " ") > 0 Then
sSvcName = """" & sSvcName & """"
End If

Select Case sStartState

Case "boot"

r.WriteLine chr(34) & "Start" & Chr(34) & "=dword:00000000"

b.WriteLine "sc.exe config " & sSvcName & " start= boot"

Case "system"
r.WriteLine chr(34) & "Start" & Chr(34) & "=dword:00000001"
b.WriteLine "sc.exe config " & sSvcName & " start= system"

Case "auto"
'Check if it's Automatic (Delayed start)
r.WriteLine chr(34) & "Start" & Chr(34) & "=dword:00000002"
If objService.DelayedAutoStart = True Then
r.WriteLine chr(34) & "DelayedAutostart" & Chr(34) & "=dword:00000001"
b.WriteLine "sc.exe config " & sSvcName & " start= delayed-auto"
Else
r.WriteLine chr(34) & "DelayedAutostart" & Chr(34) & "=-"
b.WriteLine "sc.exe config " & sSvcName & " start= auto"
End If

Case "manual"

r.WriteLine chr(34) & "Start" & Chr(34) & "=dword:00000003"

b.WriteLine "sc.exe config " & sSvcName & " start= demand"

Case "disabled"

r.WriteLine chr(34) & "Start" & Chr(34) & "=dword:00000004"

b.WriteLine "sc.exe config " & sSvcName & " start= disabled"

Case "unknown" sSkippedSvc = sSkippedSvc & vbcrlf & sSvcName

'Case Else
End Select
r.WriteBlankLines 1
Next
 If trim(sSkippedSvc) <> "" Then
WScript.Echo iSvcCnt & " - Total # of Services." & _
"(including " & iPerUserSvcCnt & " Per-user Services)" & _
vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "The following services could not be backed up:" & _
vbcrlf & vbCrLf & sSkippedSvc
Else
WScript.Echo iSvcCnt & " Services found " & _
"(including " & iPerUserSvcCnt & " Per-user Services)" & _
" and their startup configuration has been backed up."
End If

r.Close
b.WriteLine "@pause"
b.Close
'WshShell.Run "notepad.exe " & sREGFile
'WshShell.Run "notepad.exe " & sBATFile
Set objFSO = Nothing
Set WshShell = Nothing
End If