Sometimes you install a new program and it adds new services to Windows on startup. msconfig is great for configuring these services, but it doesn't let you interact (stop/start) services in an obvious way. To do that you need Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Services.
To make this function easily accessible (annoyingly it is even possible to configure Windows to hide Administrative tools) we should make a batch file and stick in a directory on our path, such as c:\bin. Here is s1.bat:
start C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.msc
Now we can use the command s1 to access services and start and stop them as appropriate.
If you are at all curious on what the default services are, such as Background Intelligent Transfer Service and IPSEC service, you may want to take a gander at The Overclockers Club.
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