diff --git a/qga/vss-win32/install.cpp b/qga/vss-win32/install.cpp
index f4160a3a86..f41fcdfdda 100644
--- a/qga/vss-win32/install.cpp
+++ b/qga/vss-win32/install.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #include "vss-common.h"
 #include <inc/win2003/vscoordint.h>
-#include <comadmin.h>
+#include "install.h"
 #include <wbemidl.h>
 #include <comdef.h>
 #include <comutil.h>
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ STDAPI COMRegister(void)
 
     chk(pCatalog->CreateServiceForApplication(
             _bstr_t(QGA_PROVIDER_LNAME), _bstr_t(QGA_PROVIDER_LNAME),
-            _bstr_t(L"SERVICE_AUTO_START"), _bstr_t(L"SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL"),
+            _bstr_t(L"SERVICE_DEMAND_START"), _bstr_t(L"SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL"),
             _bstr_t(L""), _bstr_t(L".\\localsystem"), _bstr_t(L""), FALSE));
     chk(pCatalog->InstallComponent(_bstr_t(QGA_PROVIDER_LNAME),
                                    _bstr_t(dllPath), _bstr_t(tlbPath),
@@ -461,3 +461,27 @@ namespace _com_util
         return bstr;
     }
 }
+
+/* Stop QGA VSS provider service from COM+ Application Admin Catalog */
+
+STDAPI StopService(void)
+{
+    HRESULT hr;
+    COMInitializer initializer;
+    COMPointer<IUnknown> pUnknown;
+    COMPointer<ICOMAdminCatalog2> pCatalog;
+
+    int count = 0;
+
+    chk(QGAProviderFind(QGAProviderCount, (void *)&count));
+    if (count) {
+        chk(CoCreateInstance(CLSID_COMAdminCatalog, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
+            IID_IUnknown, (void **)pUnknown.replace()));
+        chk(pUnknown->QueryInterface(IID_ICOMAdminCatalog2,
+            (void **)pCatalog.replace()));
+        chk(pCatalog->ShutdownApplication(_bstr_t(QGA_PROVIDER_LNAME)));
+    }
+
+out:
+    return hr;
+}
diff --git a/qga/vss-win32/install.h b/qga/vss-win32/install.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35364afdea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qga/vss-win32/install.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU Guest Agent VSS requester declarations
+ *
+ * Copyright Hitachi Data Systems Corp. 2013
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Tomoki Sekiyama   <tomoki.sekiyama@hds.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef INSTALL_H
+#define INSTALL_H
+
+#include <comadmin.h>
+
+STDAPI StopService(void);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/qga/vss-win32/requester.cpp b/qga/vss-win32/requester.cpp
index 0cd2f0ee7f..301762d8b1 100644
--- a/qga/vss-win32/requester.cpp
+++ b/qga/vss-win32/requester.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "vss-common.h"
 #include "requester.h"
+#include "install.h"
 #include <inc/win2003/vswriter.h>
 #include <inc/win2003/vsbackup.h>
 
@@ -501,4 +502,5 @@ void requester_thaw(int *num_vols, ErrorSet *errset)
     requester_cleanup();
 
     CoUninitialize();
+    StopService();
 }