The Windows Services UI is able to successfully start a service (Apache) manually.
However, when the service Startup Type is configured as Automatic or "Automatic (Delayed Start)", the service fails to automatically start after restarting Windows (via "shutdown /r").
When automatic start fails, the Event Viewer contains a generic "Incorrect function" message, which we saw previously with a different Services automatic start issue for another service (Wildfly).
For this issue, Apache Loglevel debug does not seem to provide any useful logging.
Since the Windows Services UI is able to successfully start the service manually, are there any logs/tips/tricks/hints for troubleshooting automatic Services start ?
I am trying to start my website in IIS, whenever I try to start my website I get the following error
Cannot start service w3svc on computer
I tried to start "World wide web publishing service", but I was unable to start it as it said:
Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed to start
Meanwhile when I checked my log I found this error,
The World Wide Web Publishing Service service depends on the HTTP service which failed to start because of the following error:
The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.
Please help me, I am badly caught with this error, I have spent a week researching this error but haven't found a solution yet.
Confirm that "Windows Management Instrumentation" is started and its start up type is set to automatic.
Also make sure the following dependency services are started for World Wide Web Publishing Service:
Windows Process Activation Service
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
DCOM Server Process Launcher
RPC Endpoint Mapper.
Open regedit, navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HTTP]:
a) Double click on Start and change value data from 4(disabled) to 3(automatically).
b) Delete "NoRun" key if this key exists.
(warning: backup any IIS website configuration first). UN-install "Internet information Service" and "Windows process activation service(if it is already installed)" from "Turn windows feature on or off" and Restart your PC.
Type the below command in CMD and press enter:
net start http
Now it will notify you that service is already running.
Re-install Internet information Service from "Turn windows feature on or off".
Start IIS and my websites are started now, no more "w3svc service is not running error."
As for me - I just restarted the computer.
Make sure these 2 services running and their startup type is automatic.If they disabled and not running right click on them and go to properties and change from there.
Windows process activation service
Worldwide web publishing service.
Run cmd as administrator. Type iisreset. That's it.
Go to Task Manager --> Processes and manually stop the W3SVC process. After doing this the process should start normally when restarting IIS
In my case it was C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config which had an issue.
I had a "system.web" section in this file which was causing the problem. Removed the section and everything started working
I have got same issue on my server. Follow below steps -
Open command prompt (run as administrator)
type IISReset and enter.
It works and solved my problem.
I have had this problem after a windows update. Windows Process Activation Service is dependent service for W3SVC. First, make sure that Windows Process Activation Service is running. In my case, it was not running and when I tried to run it manually, I got below error.
Windows Process Activation Service Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified
The issue seems to be, that windows adds an incorrect parameter to the WAS service startup parameters. I fixed the issue using the following steps:
Start regedit (just type it into start) Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WAS\Parameters
Delete the NanoSetup variable. This variable is preventing WAS from starting
Start the WAS service using task manager
Now start the W3SVC service
You can now start your website in IIS again
I found above WPA service solution in this stack overflow thread.
In my case, IIS suddenly stopped working, and after that Windows process activation service was unable to restart.
The solution to fix this was:
Find WAS service in the services tab of windows task manager
In context menu choose Go to process
Kill process (its name will be svchost.exe)
Restart Windows process activation service
My Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service was disabled. I changed its startup to manual, started the service, and then IISRESET worked.
I also verified that the following dependent services were started in Services ([windows]+[r] services.msc):
World Wide Web Publishing Service
Windows Process Activation Service
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
DCOM Server Process Launcher
RPC Endpoint Mapper
Net.Msmq Listener Adapter
Net.Pipe Listener Adapter
Net.Tcp Listener Adapter
Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service
I found this solution by going through all dependencies and child dependencies of the World Wide Web Publishing Service and making sure that each service was enabled and started.
To verify all services for yourself, do the following:
Open up Services (just search for it from the start menu in Windows 10)
Find the World Wide Web Publishing Service
Right click on the service and then click "Properties"
Click on the Dependencies tab
Go through each system component in the two boxes and verify that each service is started (in Services).
Repeat steps 3-5 for each of the dependencies' dependencies until you run out of child dependencies
Service Properties - Dependencies Tab
This is probably a rarer case, but...
If you are using a custom AppPool Identity configuration be sure to check the AppPool is running. It may be turned off because credentials are invalid (usually due to an expired password). Update your credentials and start the AppPool.
I am able to resolve this by simply executing the below command in PowerShell to kill/stop service and restart the IIS server
taskkill /F /FI "SERVICES eq w3svc"
I managed to solve after:
Ctrl+Shift+Esc = To open Task Manager
In the "Processes" tab locate the "IIS Worker Process" and
finish it!
Run on cmd as an administrator. Type iisreset.
I was getting this error. It turns out World Wide Web Publishing Service was disabled.
Click Start, type Services in the Search box, and then click Services.
Scroll until you find the World Wide Web Publishing Service that is stopped or disabled.
right-click the service, and then click Properties.
Click the Startup type list, and then click Automatic.
Click Apply, and then click OK.
The MyProgram.exe is made to listen the request from pipe and using command prompt its working perfect but I tried to work it by using windows service but not success I have tried following steps on windows server 2008 enterprise:
> sc create MyService binPath= "C:\test\MyProgram.exe" DisplayName= "MyProgramService"
>[SC] CreateService SUCCESS
>sc start MyService
[SC] StartService FAILED 1053:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
reference
So I read on one blog that we need to create registry entry for the same then I tried the following steps
I found my newly created service under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\MyService
Click the key named MyService (it looks like a folder) from the menu in regedit. Select “edit” and “new” and then select “key.” This will create a new key which you should name “Parameters.” Next, right- click on the key that you just named “Parameters” and select “new” and then “string value.” Name the value “Application.” Double-click the string value and a box will pop up. In the box under “value data”, you need to put the full path to the Dropbox. In my case, the path was: C:\test\MyProgram.exe\MyProgram.exe
Start your new service. Navigate to the services list in the control panel‘s administrative tools or simply type services.msc in the run box. Find DropBox in the list and start it. New services should be set to start automatically, but feel free to check it to be sure.
But the service start for a few seconds and get terminated. When I start manually service from services.msc it give error
StartService FAILED 1053:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
Not sure why any one have work on it, please guidance to make it as service.
You can't run just any EXE as a Windows service. You must have an exe which understands what it means to be a service and which communicates appropriately with the Windows Service Control Manager.
Refer to the Microsoft documentation, starting with http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms686953(v=vs.85).aspx.
I have created a windows service with Automatic Start Type and install it in my system successfully but it does not start until i restart my system.
Details: yesterday i have create and install my service and then restart my windows so the service started successfully. but the problem occurred today when i boot my windows and opened the services list of windows from Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Services and selected my service i saw that it did not start automatically.
what is my mistake?
Assuming the service is set to 'Automatic' as the startup mode, and that it's state is not 'Started', then there will be at least one message about why the service did not start in the System Event Log.
Typical reasons are that the service didn't start quickly enough (Service Controller imposes a time limit on how quickly services must respond to the 'Start' message) or that the service depended on another service which wasn't yet available (check your service dependencies) or that your service simply failed due to a software error (e.g. some resource it needs could not be found).
Find the error in the event log, and you'll have a much better idea of why your service hasn't started.
As your service was running fine yesterday but not today. Checking all its dependencies would be my first suggestion.
In your Start-> Run, type services.msc . It's a shortcut to open the services console.
Then Right click on your service , if it is listed there, click on Properties on this popup menu.
Open the Dependency tab (4th tab) , check if your service depends on some other service and that dependency is running.
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bhupendra
Example:
SC.exe config "ServiceName" start= auto
I have a requirement in the project such that we have to stop a specific service say "x" in a remote machine (which is on the same LAN), change the registry key remotely and start the service again.
I tried the command sc \server stop service, but I got the error:
[SC] GetServiceKeyName FAILED 1060:
The specified service does not exist as an installed service.
I am using Windows 2003 SP1. Are there any built in commands or APIs that are available on Windows?
I need the commmand to run on the command prompt.
Also keep in mind that the "service name" argument expected by the "sc" command line tool doesn't always equate to the name you see within the services control panel applet (which is the service "display name").
For example, the service that as appears "Adobe Acrobat Update Service" in my services control panel applet has an actual name of "AdobeARMservice". You must use the latter, but not the former, when managing the service through the "sc" utility.
Example:
sc Stop "AdobeARMservice" (works)
sc Stop "Adobe Acrobat Update Service" (doesn't work)
To get the "real" name of a service, double-click its entry in the service control panel applet and see the "service name" field on the General tab.
Of course in some cases, the display name and the service name are the same.
You may want to look into PSTools from SysInternals. Those tools are freely available and can help you manage processes on a remote Windows machine.
The tools included in the PsTools suite, which are downloadable as a package, are:
PsExec - execute processes remotely
PsFile - shows files opened remotely
PsGetSid - display the SID of a computer or a user
PsInfo - list information about a system
PsKill - kill processes by name or process ID
PsList - list detailed information about processes
PsLoggedOn - see who's logged on locally and via resource sharing
PsLogList - dump event log records
PsPasswd - changes account passwords
PsService - view and control services
PsShutdown - shuts down and optionally reboots a computer
PsSuspend - suspends processes
PsUptime - shows you how long a system has been running since its last reboot
From this URL:
To stop a service remotely you can use the command sc.
Example:
> sc \\computer stop "Service Name"
> sc \\computer start "Service Name"
Perhaps you are missing a "\" character?
Use OpenCSManager, then OpenService, then StartService.