diff --git a/programs/net/Makefile.in b/programs/net/Makefile.in
index 5db7fc0..9037323 100644
--- a/programs/net/Makefile.in
+++ b/programs/net/Makefile.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SRCDIR    = @srcdir@
 VPATH     = @srcdir@
 MODULE    = net.exe
 APPMODE   = -mconsole
-IMPORTS   = kernel32
+IMPORTS   = kernel32 advapi32
 
 C_SRCS = net.c
 
diff --git a/programs/net/net.c b/programs/net/net.c
index f77c820..c11b467 100644
--- a/programs/net/net.c
+++ b/programs/net/net.c
@@ -18,15 +18,82 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <windows.h>
+
+#define NET_START 0001
+
+static BOOL net_service(int operation, char *service_name)
+{
+    SC_HANDLE SCManager, serviceHandle;
+    BOOL result = 0;
+    DWORD buffer_size = 0;
+    char *service_display_name = NULL;
+
+    SCManager = OpenSCManager(NULL, NULL, SC_MANAGER_ALL_ACCESS);
+    if(!SCManager)
+    {
+        printf("Couldn't get handle to SCManager.\n");
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+    serviceHandle = OpenService(SCManager, service_name, SC_MANAGER_ALL_ACCESS);
+    if(!serviceHandle)
+    {
+        printf("Couldn't get handle to service.\n");
+        CloseServiceHandle(SCManager);
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    if(!GetServiceDisplayName(SCManager, service_name, NULL, &buffer_size))
+    {
+        /* Presently (May 14, 2007), this function returns success (non-zero)					     */
+        /* According to MSDN, calling GetServiceDisplayName with the third parameter null should always return fail. */
+        if((GetLastError() == ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER) && buffer_size) 
+        {
+            service_display_name = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), HEAP_GENERATE_EXCEPTIONS, buffer_size + 1);
+            switch((int)service_display_name)
+            {
+            case STATUS_NO_MEMORY:
+                printf("STATUS_NO_MEMORY when allocating service_display_name.\n");
+                operation = 0;
+                break;
+            case STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION:
+                printf("STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION when allocating service_display_name.\n");
+                operation = 0;
+                break;
+            default:
+                if(!GetServiceDisplayName(SCManager, service_name, service_display_name, &buffer_size)) HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, service_display_name);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    switch(operation)
+    {
+    case NET_START:
+        if(service_display_name) printf("The %s service is starting.\n", service_display_name);
+        else printf("The %s service is starting.\n", service_name);
+        result = StartService(serviceHandle, 0, NULL);
+       
+        if(service_display_name) printf("The %s service ", service_display_name);
+        else printf("The %s service ", service_name);
+        if(!result) printf("failed to start.\n");
+        else printf("was started successfully.\n");
+        break;
+    }    
+
+    CloseServiceHandle(serviceHandle);
+    CloseServiceHandle(SCManager);
+    if(service_display_name != NULL) HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, service_display_name);
+    return result;
+}
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-    int ret = 0;
 
     if (argc < 2)
     {
         printf("The syntax of this command is:\n\n");
-        printf("NET [ HELP ]\n");
+        printf("NET [ HELP | START ]\n");
         return 1;
     }
 
@@ -35,7 +102,23 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         printf("The syntax of this command is:\n\n");
         printf("NET HELP command\n    -or-\nNET command /HELP\n\n");
         printf("   Commands available are:\n");
-        printf("   NET HELP\n");
+        printf("   NET HELP	NET START\n");
     }
-    return ret;
+
+    if(!strcasecmp(argv[1], "start"))
+    {
+        if(argc < 3)
+        {
+            printf("Specify service name to start.\n");
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        if(!net_service(NET_START, argv[2]))
+        {
+            return 1;
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
 }