Stopping Server Services

[NewBoy]

Is there anyway to stop services from running on boot up ??? I have a 2008R2 Server that has performed Windows Updates and unfortunately one of them appears to have been a driver I suspect so when the server boots up normally I get a blue screen which displays the following error,

 

Hardware Malfunction

Call your hardware vendor for support

*** The system has halted ***

 

I have tried starting in all forms of safe mode but to no avail, it get to reverting updates and sits there for ever, I have also booted off the 2008R2 disk and trying the repair console to disable the service using "sc config [servicename] start= disabled" its says it worked but on reboot the service still runs and try's reverting again.

 

Does anybody have any suggestions please so I can stop the Windows Modules Installer service from running.

[mrwoberts]

Does it give you the option to boot from Last Known Good Configuration, because if it does then that should at least get you back into Windows, but if it doesn't then it isn't as simple as changing a service startup type. If the driver has replaced a previously good driver then it might be quicker to restore from a good backup - unless the impact is too great?!?

 

What roles does this server have? DC, DNS, DHCP... ?

Is this your only server?

When was the last time this server was backed up?

[NewBoy]

There is a successful backup if required I was kind of hoping this way would be easier as I was presuming by disabling the service it would let me in safe mode then I could find the device that has been affected, sadly it is the only server at the school so holds all essential roles.

[mrwoberts]

Any joy with this issue?

 

I thought I replied, earlier this morning through the mobile app, but it hasn't registered.

In my reply I wondered if you had a Windows PE usb/cd you could boot from and manipulate the OS files & registry. However, this in itself adds risks.

[JackCPickup]

Not sure if you can still boot while holding down shift and it'll boot with minimal services.

[ReadTheNetwork]

If you can get to the hard drive, are you able to get to the registry hive on the server (%windir%/system32/config/system) for HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ then the key is Start and set them to 4 (disabled), 3 (manual) or 2 (automatic)?