=== Kill process / Stop hung service === * Start CMD with administrative rights * Find service you want to kill (in this case "spooler") C:\Windows\system32>sc queryex | findstr /I spoo SERVICE_NAME: Spooler DISPLAY_NAME: Print Spooler * Now we know the right name of service (SERVICE_NAME: Spooler) and we can find its PID C:\Windows\system32>sc queryex Spooler |findstr PID PID : 3480 * With known PID we can now kill the process taskkill /f /pid 3480 SUCCESS: The process with PID 3480 has been terminated