# Get Windows Services list from Ubuntu Installation?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-windows-services-list-from-ubuntu-installation/63512>\
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**Created:** [6 June 2022 12:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-windows-services-list-from-ubuntu-installation/63512 "2022-06-06T12:53:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [6 June 2022 12:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-windows-services-list-from-ubuntu-installation/63512/1 "2022-06-06T12:53:00Z")

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I am running Node-RED on ubuntu and want to be able to check on a couple of Windows services. Does anyone know how I can do this?

I was thinking maybe WMIC or such, but finding working tool is proving hard.

Thanks

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**Post date:** [6 June 2022 14:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-windows-services-list-from-ubuntu-installation/63512/2 "2022-06-06T14:10:33Z")

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Yes, WMIC is one method. There is an npm package for node.js [wmic - npm (npmjs.com)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/wmic) - you should be able to use that with Node-RED.

Don't forget that you may need to turn on remote access to WMIC.

Alternatively, if the Windows device is a server (can be done on workstations too but is simply harder to manage for large numbers of devices), you should probably be using real-time log analysis or real-time reporting.

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**Post date:** [5 August 2022 14:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-windows-services-list-from-ubuntu-installation/63512/3 "2022-08-05T14:11:33Z")

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