I'm trying to create a service to run an application that requires a username and password. I got the service created however I keep getting the following error: error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion Nothing I have found online address this issue for server 2008 std. Just wondering if anyone has some other ideas? Thanks in advanced

Hi, To help us troubleshoot, how did you create the service, is it a .Net Application or COM? -- Mike Burr

>>error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion You most likely didn't programmically create a service application (EXE) from scratch, rather you configured and existing application as a Service....which can't be done directly. The reason is that True services are programmed to respond to specific control messages (start, stop, pause, continue) and an application is not. To configure an application to run as a service you need a wrapper, which is a utility that responds to those control messages then forces the application to act accordingly. SRVANY from microsoft is one such application, been around since NT4, and works with 2000/2003. 2008 support is questionable, but it may still work http://support.microsoft.com/kb/137890 http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winserverMigration/thread/98a97aee-c62b-4683-94ab-3777899cf7de