Windows Service keeps requiring login

soloman02

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Jun 11, 2004
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Hello.

I am running a system with server 2008 R2. I have a program running as a windows service. The software is installed on other Server 2008 boxes as a windows service just fine (albeit those boxes have different network environments).

The issue is after a reboot or if you restart the service (in services.msc) it says it cannot start due to the login credentials being incorrect.

The login was correct as I was able to start the service by re-entering the password. So I re-enter the password and the service starts only to fail with this error again if I reboot the server. The account tied to this service is a local admin on the machine and is logged in when I do this.

I've not seen this before. Could this be a result of a system policy or active directory policy?

Has anyone seen this before?
 

Mushkins

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Feb 11, 2013
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Try deleting the saved credentials from the credentials manager, then re-running the service. Sometimes saved credentials just don't like to save properly.

Also try a different user profile to see if the issue persists.
 

soloman02

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Jun 11, 2004
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Try deleting the saved credentials from the credentials manager, then re-running the service. Sometimes saved credentials just don't like to save properly.

Also try a different user profile to see if the issue persists.

There are no saved credentials listed. Also this is a domain account that is a local admin.

I went ahead and added the user to the credentials and that appears to have worked.

Thanks.