diff --git a/playbook/shopfloor-setup/gea-shopfloor-waxtrace/scripts/Export-FormtracepakInventory.ps1 b/playbook/shopfloor-setup/gea-shopfloor-waxtrace/scripts/Export-FormtracepakInventory.ps1
index 088d53d..a50bfb7 100755
--- a/playbook/shopfloor-setup/gea-shopfloor-waxtrace/scripts/Export-FormtracepakInventory.ps1
+++ b/playbook/shopfloor-setup/gea-shopfloor-waxtrace/scripts/Export-FormtracepakInventory.ps1
@@ -291,8 +291,20 @@ foreach ($uPath in $uninstallPaths) {
     }
 }
 
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Locate Running Processes / Services ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-Write-Host "[5/5] Checking running processes and services..." -ForegroundColor Cyan
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Locate Running Processes ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Service enumeration was removed 2026-05-24. Get-Service was hanging
+# indefinitely on West Jefferson wax/trace bays (WJF00052, WJF00083,
+# WJF00084, WJF00159 were left with empty inventory CSVs because the
+# operator killed the .bat after the apparent hang). The earlier
+# Start-Job + Wait-Job -Timeout 30 fence was insufficient: Stop-Job on
+# a Get-Service that's blocked on the Service Control Manager can itself
+# block in the SCM call, so the main script never unblocked after the
+# timeout fired. Service state is audit-nice-to-have, not load-bearing
+# for identifying the install (version + model + DeviceName come from
+# elsewhere), so the cleanest fix is to drop it entirely. Get-Process is
+# fast and stays.
+Write-Host "[5/5] Checking running processes..." -ForegroundColor Cyan
 
 $processPatterns = @('Formpak', 'Formtracepak', 'SurfPak', 'MtSurf', 'MtForm', 'Mitutoyo')
 foreach ($pp in $processPatterns) {
@@ -304,38 +316,6 @@ foreach ($pp in $processPatterns) {
     }
 }
 
-# Service enumeration. The original `Get-Service | Where-Object { DisplayName -match ... }`
-# materializes every service via the Service Control Manager + post-filters
-# in PowerShell and has been observed to hang for minutes on shopfloor PCs
-# where the SCM or a single service is in a degraded state (Sentinel HASP
-# driver / GE-Enforce agent service have both blocked Get-Service before).
-# Replace with -DisplayName server-side wildcard filter (the SCM only
-# materializes matching services) and wrap in a 30-second runspace fence so
-# any further hang aborts gracefully without taking the whole script down.
-$serviceJob = Start-Job -ScriptBlock {
-    Get-Service -DisplayName 'Mitutoyo*','*FORMTRACEPAK*','*FORMPAK*','*SURFPAK*' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
-        ForEach-Object {
-            [PSCustomObject]@{
-                Name        = $_.Name
-                DisplayName = $_.DisplayName
-                Status      = [string]$_.Status
-            }
-        }
-}
-$services = @()
-if (Wait-Job -Job $serviceJob -Timeout 30) {
-    $services = @(Receive-Job -Job $serviceJob -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
-} else {
-    Write-Warning "  Service enumeration exceeded 30s timeout - skipping (SCM degraded?)"
-    Stop-Job -Job $serviceJob -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-}
-Remove-Job -Job $serviceJob -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-foreach ($svc in $services) {
-    Add-Item -Category 'Service' -ItemType 'Service' `
-             -Path $svc.Name -Name $svc.DisplayName `
-             -Value $svc.Status
-}
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Output ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if (-not (Test-Path $OutputPath)) {