=== Find and delete the service === A rugue DHCP is running on my PC as a service. Let's find the service name, stop and delete it First let's find the service with name containing "dhcp"... wmic service where "name like 'dhcp%'" list status CMD replies: C:\Work_Dir\VoIP\DHCP server>wmic service where "name like 'dhcp%'" list status ExitCode Name Status 0 Dhcp OK 0 DHCPServer OK So there is a service called "DHCPServer running on the computer Let's stop it... sc stop DHCPServer CMD replies: SERVICE_NAME: DHCPServer TYPE : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS STATE : 3 STOP_PENDING (STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE, IGNORES_SHUTDOWN) WIN32_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0) SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0) CHECKPOINT : 0x4 WAIT_HINT : 0x0 Now we can delete the service sc delete DHCPServer and the CMD replies: [SC] DeleteService SUCCESS