Liviu,
That seem to work well.
I put some pauses in it so I can see it as it works. Is there a way to >> push the disabled ones into a text file, then start disabled.txt
I want to stop those currently running, and disable them from restarting. Of course I will need to list AV services as to not disable them, but if they are any good, they don't allow that (which is a test I want)

So currently this code only stops those stoppable but does it disable all those not in the list?
This is why I was shooting for just stopping and disabling anything not in the list. I wouldn't use this on computers with specialized services of course.
By the way, thank you for your help. Please understand, these are the services I would be turning off anyway, just more automated.

Assuming you mean "stopped" rather than "disabled", yes, all you need to do is add a line "if exist disabled.txt del disabled.txt" before the top for loop, then right after "net stop" insert a line "echo %svcex%>>disabled.txt".

Only stops, the disabling part popped up later in the thread. If you really have to do that, lookup "sc config start=".

Just as a note, even the "turning off" part is not guaranteed to always work, and can't be made to work reliably using a simplistic batch+whitelist solution. For example, it is technically possible that the next millisecond after you "net stop" a service, another service which comes later in the alphabetical list (and has not been stopped yet) needs the first service and restarts it manually.

Liviu