Hi all,

I'm getting following message logged in the event viewer every 30 sec:

The Software Protection service entered the running state.

Log Name:      System
Source:        Service Control Manager
Date:          08/07/2015 22:49:20
Event ID:      7036
Task Category: None
Level:         Information
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A

We use a KMS, so I have tried a reactivation via slmgr.vbs /ato (which succeeds, but doesn't stop this).

I've also tried to activate via the UI, but canceling before key entry as suggested here (https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/c1107e3b-e3eb-4c12-be35-b7ffaa50c787/the-software-protection-service-entered-the-running-state)

I have tried to enable the scheduled task "SvcRestartTask" in Scheduled Tasks (Microsoft > Windows > SoftwareProtectionPlatform). This runs and terminates without error, but this event keeps being logged.

What can I do to sort this? Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks :)

No, but it can't be efficient for this to be restarting every 30 sec surely?

Also, this should probably be in the general Windows Server category rather than Exchange; unfortunately it won't let me change the category"

Hi,

For windows server problems, please post it on Windows Server Forum for help.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-us/home?forum=winservergen&filter=alltypes&sort=lastpostdesc

Event ID 7036 Basic Service Operations on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008

Best Regards.