diff --git a/windows/win_service b/windows/win_service
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2014, Chris Hoffman <choffman@chathamfinancial.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# this is a windows documentation stub.  actual code lives in the .ps1
+# file of the same name
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: win_service
+version_added: "1.7"
+short_description: Manages Windows services
+description:
+    - Manages Windows services
+options:
+  name:
+    description:
+      - Name of the service
+    required: true
+    default: null
+    aliases: []
+  start_mode:
+    description:
+      - Set the startup type for the service
+    required: false
+    choices:
+      - auto
+      - manual
+      - disabled
+  state:
+    description:
+      - C(started)/C(stopped) are idempotent actions that will not run
+        commands unless necessary.  C(restarted) will always bounce the
+        service.
+    required: false
+    choices:
+      - started
+      - stopped
+      - restarted
+    default: null
+    aliases: []
+author: Chris Hoffman
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+  # Restart a service
+  win_service:
+    name: ncover
+    state: restarted
+
+  # Set service startup mode to auto and ensure it is started
+  win_service:
+    name: ncover
+    start_mode: auto
+    state: started
+'''
diff --git a/windows/win_service.ps1 b/windows/win_service.ps1
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+#!powershell
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Copyright 2014, Chris Hoffman <choffman@chathamfinancial.com>
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# WANT_JSON
+# POWERSHELL_COMMON
+
+$params = Parse-Args $args;
+
+$result = New-Object PSObject;
+Set-Attr $result "changed" $false;
+
+If (-not $params.name.GetType)
+{
+    Fail-Json $result "missing required arguments: name"
+}
+
+If ($params.state) {
+    $state = $params.state.ToString().ToLower()
+    If (($state -ne 'started') -and ($state -ne 'stopped') -and ($state -ne 'restarted')) {
+        Fail-Json $result "state is '$state'; must be 'started', 'stopped', or 'restarted'"
+    }
+}
+
+If ($params.start_mode) {
+    $startMode = $params.start_mode.ToString().ToLower()
+    If (($startMode -ne 'auto') -and ($startMode -ne 'manual') -and ($startMode -ne 'disabled')) {
+        Fail-Json $result "start mode is '$startMode'; must be 'auto', 'manual', or 'disabled'"
+    }
+}
+
+$svcName = $params.name
+$svc = Get-Service -Name $svcName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+If (-not $svc) {
+    Fail-Json $result "Service not installed"
+}
+
+If ($startMode) {
+    $svcMode = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -Property StartMode -Filter "Name='$svcName'"
+
+    If ($svcMode.StartMode.ToLower() -ne $startMode) {
+        Set-Service -Name $svcName -StartupType $startMode
+        Set-Attr $result "changed" $true
+    }
+}
+
+If ($state) {
+    If ($state -eq "started" -and $svc.Status -ne "Running") {
+        Start-Service -Name $svcName
+        Set-Attr $result "changed" $true;
+    }
+    ElseIf ($state -eq "stopped" -and $svcName -ne "Stopped") {
+        Stop-Service -Name $svcName
+        Set-Attr $result "changed" $true;
+    }
+    ElseIf ($state -eq "restarted") {
+        Restart-Service -Name $svcName
+        Set-Attr $result "changed" $true;
+    }
+}
+
+Exit-Json $result;