How to restart a windows service using Task Scheduler
Instead of using a bat file, you can simply create a Scheduled Task. Most of the time you define just one action. In this case, create two actions with the NET command. The first one to stop the service, the second one to start the service. Give them a STOP and START argument, followed by the service name.
In this example we restart the Printer Spooler service.
NET STOP "Print Spooler" NET START "Print Spooler"
Note: unfortunately NET RESTART <service name> does not exist.