What are the reason when a stopped windows service starts automatically?
I know only few which are
When service start-up mode is automatic and someone re-start the server then service will also get started.
When someone forcefully start the service manually.
Is there any other way when a stopped service can start?
Service triggers. This can be hardware device added, internet connection discovered, group policy change or any ETW event.
Have you checked there is a service Dependence? If another service depends on its function, it will automatically come up even though you stop the service.
Since it keeps restarting, it means you are not suppose to disable or stop the service.
Locate the ASP.NET State Service and check the Startup Type property and click the recovery tab for your service configuration and check if the options there could be restarting it.
You can also run a virus scan on your system to be sure your pc is safe.
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.
When I install msi, this service goes to local services, but doesn't start. When i try to start it, it gives this error:
Windows could not start this service on Local computer.
Error 1053: The service didnot respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
One more thing is, that when I install msi as a service, it goes to local services, but doesn't start and gives warning that you don't have privileges to start this service.
Once you have created the service, go to "Services", and find the service you just created.
Right click on the service name, and select Properties. Under Log On, make sure the service is using an account that has permissions to the machine and anything your service needs. The default account is a Local System account, which has access to the following .
Microsoft has a couple of fixes to this problem here and here. They might help you.