How to: Stop an Instance of Notification Services (Services Manager)
Each instance of Notification Services has an engine on each server that runs a hosted event provider, generator, or distributor. Typically, the NS$instanceName Microsoft Windows service runs the Notification Services engine. One way to stop a Windows service is through the Windows Services Manager.
Note
This procedure does not apply to clusters. On a cluster, you must use Cluster Administrator to stop the Generic Service that is configured to run the instance's Windows service.
To stop an instance of Notification Services
In Control Panel, open Administrative Tools, and then open Services.
Right-click the NS$instanceName service.
Select Stop.
See Also
Concepts
Starting and Stopping Instances of Notification Services
Other Resources
Managing Services How-to Topics (Notification Services)