I think the reason people would need this is because:

1. They want to write a script that monitors or manages certain services;
2. They need to login through Remote PowerShell or an SSH Server to manage the service.

Here are some quick tips for managing windows service using the command prompt:

1. List the status of all services.

   sc query type= service | more
   

2. Filter the list of services using service name and wildcards. In the example below ‘intel%’ is the service name that we are searching for and ‘%’ is the wildcard character.

   wmic service where "name like 'intel%'" list status
   

3. Query the configuration of a service.

   sc qc [servicename]
   

4. Configure the service to start automatically.

   sc config [servicename] start= auto
   

5. Disable the service.

   sc config [servicename] start= disabled
   

6. Manually start the service.

   net start [servicename]
   

7. Manually stop the service.

   net stop [servicename]
   

References:

• http://www.jasonn.com/enable_windows_services_command_line
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc736564%28v=ws.10%29.aspx