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Questions tagged [windows-service]

Windows services, also referred to as NT services, are background service processes run by the Service Control Manager based on the service settings and optionally restarted as needed. Windows services are also capable of being launched on demand, based on other service dependencies.

More information at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d56de412(v=vs.80).aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_service

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Tomcat application can't connect to Active Directory when running as a Windows service

I have a strange scenario that I haven't been able to find any details on anywhere. I have an application running in tomcat that connects to an Active Directory server that works perfectly when I start the application up from a command prompt as an…
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Application for managing arrays of windows services

I have a situation where I need to manage a set of windows services across 50-75 computers. I want to be able to see which of the services are running across them and to be able to turn them off and on from one central location. I realize I can…
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Give access to specific services on Windows 7 Professional machines?

We have some machines running Windows 7 Professional at our office. The typical user needs to have access to stop and start a service for a local program they run. These machines have a local web server and database installed and we need to…
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Is it possible to create a Windows Service that runs a shortcut lnk file

Is it possible to create a windows service that runs the executable at the end of a shortcut to facilitate versioning? i.e. sc create MyService binPath= "shortcut.lnk"
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.NET Window Service won't start when Signed with PFX file Windows Server 2012

I've successfully installed my Windows Service on a Server 2012 environment. It starts and works without issue when the Service executable is not signed. When I apply a PFX signing to the Service, it won't start. It times out over the allotted 30…
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Server service fails to start, event 7023, error 1079

Hello, Environment: Windows Server 2008 R2 fully patched, working as Domain Controller in Win 2003 native domain. Users started to report problems with share, it turned out that server service won't start. I've scrambled google but can't find a…
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Restart a windows service - "restart the service" didn't help me

I have a windows service which crashes sometimes. I have to restart once it happens. So I set "restart the service" on the tab titled "recovery" for first failure, second failure and subsequent failures. But it didn't help me, sometimes I found it…
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One of five services sharing an account gets logon failure

We had a recent servercrash due to power failure. Five servers went down instantly (no soft shutdown). After getting the power back, we restarted them and everything works well except that now the service SQL Server Analysis Service does not start…
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Installing Exchange Server 2013 Filtering Management Service Error 2201

I'm currently trying to install Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 on a Windows Server 2012 x64 machine. The setup goes smoothly until the step "Mailbox role: Transport service". There, the setup hangs at 98% for several (long) minutes and throws this…
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7024 event on Windows service shutdown

I am seeing the following event in event viewer:
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Failure running SQL2012 on Windows 8 with local service accounts

I have installed SQL2012 on a Windows 8 laptop that is on a domain. The domain includes a group policy that defines accounts that can "Log on as a service". I installed SQL Server 2012 using the default settings, including the use of local service…
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BINLSVC warning in event log - netclass.inf parsing Manufacture

So I am trying to get Remote Installation Service Running on a Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition with Service Pack 2 installed. I am trying to integrate network drivers into the image and I keep getting this warning in the event log. Source:…
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"Computer Browser" service on Windows Server 2003 crashing server

Our server (a Dell, that matters, since Auto Recovery on our backplate is causing the computer to reboot automatically due to the hang) is running Windows Server 2003 (x86). Our Browser (aka Computer Browser) service is causing a hang and crash,…
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Error when starting Windows Service: Connection "actively refused"

I have used .NET to create a service installation package (msi) that, when run, installs a Windows service designed to run an instance of Apache Solr (to aid in searching from a web application). I am running the service on the same machine where…
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Vista: service stops just after start

A service is stopping immediately after being started. The service is cygwin sshd and runs under the SYSTEM account, with cyglsa-config for cygwin authentication. How do I diagnose this?
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