InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comWed, 19 Jun 2013 08:38:43 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic585965-146-1.aspxlook at this.... although this only reads, I'm sure there is a registry method to write to the registry as well. I would take a backup of the registry before I'd go poking my fingers around in there as well as make sure I'd do this in a sandbox area too.http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.php/3764516[EDIT] upon further digging...here is a script fragment...$protocolproperty=Get-WmiObject -namespace root\Microsoft\SqlServer\ComputerManagement -class ClientNetworkProtocolProperty `-filter "PropertyName='Default Port'"$protocolproperty.SetNumericalValue(7001)this came from the same site I mentioned above but different article...http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.php/3709441 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:16:51 GMTShawn Wilsonhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic585965-146-1.aspxWhat i want to do is that i want a script to change the port number in sql server services in configuration manager. Though i can change manually by going directly to configuration manager but i need a script for some purpose. If anybody know, please fwd it to me.Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:45:24 GMTvikas_chawla