sComputer 	= "SERVER"	'replace with name of target computer
sService	= "SERVICE"		'replace with name of the service to be started

Set oInstance = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}//" & sComputer & _
	"/root/cimv2:Win32_Service=" & Chr(34) & sService & Chr(34))
Set oOutParam = oInstance.ExecMethod_("StartService")

If oOutParam.ReturnValue = 0 Then
	WScript.Echo oInstance.Name & " started successfully"
Else
	WScript.Echo oInstance.Name & " failed to start"
	Select Case oOutParam.ReturnValue
		Case 1	WScript.Echo "The request is not supported."
		Case 2	WScript.Echo "The user did not have the necessary access."
		Case 3	WScript.Echo "The service cannot be started because it depends " & _
					"on other services that are not running."
		Case 4	WScript.Echo "The requested control code is not valid, or " & _
					"it is unacceptable to the service."
		Case 5	WScript.Echo "The requested control code cannot be sent to " & _
					"the service because the state of the service."
		Case 6	WScript.Echo "The service has not been started."
		Case 7	WScript.Echo "The service did not respond to the start request " & _
					"in a timely fashion."
		Case 8	WScript.Echo "Unknown failure when starting the service."
		Case 9	WScript.Echo "The directory path to the service executable was not found."
		Case 10	WScript.Echo "The service is already running"
		Case 11	WScript.Echo "The database to add a new service is locked."
		Case 12	WScript.Echo "A dependency for which this service relies on " & _
					"has been removed from the system."
		Case 13	WScript.Echo "The service failed to find the service needed " & _
					"from a dependent service."
		Case 14	WScript.Echo "The service has been disabled from the system."
		Case 15	WScript.Echo "The service does not have the correct authentication " & _
					"to run on the system."
		Case 16	WScript.Echo "This service is being removed from the system."
		Case 17	WScript.Echo "There is no execution thread for the service."
		Case 18	WScript.Echo "There are circular dependencies when starting the service."
		Case 19	WScript.Echo "There is a service running under the same name."
		Case 20	WScript.Echo "There are invalid characters in the name of the service."
		Case 21	WScript.Echo "Invalid parameters have been passed to the service."
		Case 22	WScript.Echo "The account, which this service is to run under is " & _
					"either invalid or lacks the permissions to run the service."
		Case 23	WScript.Echo "The service exists in the database of services " & _
					"available from the system."
		Case 24	WScript.Echo "The service is currently paused in the system."
	End Select
End If