We have AD Accounts that are used to start Windows 2003/2008 Services. We have defined those accounts in Log on as a Service GPO, but on occasions, the service does not start. Anyone have this issue or ideas? ThanksBill Bacoyiannis

What is the error message in the event log? Make sure you are using the correct user name and password. Santhosh Sivarajan | MCTS, MCSE (W2K3/W2K/NT4), MCSA (W2K3/W2K/MSG), CCNA, Network+ Houston, TX http://blogs.sivarajan.com/ http://publications.sivarajan.com/ This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Hi Bill, In addition to Santhosh's suggestion, you need to confirm whether those accounts has been granted "Log on as a service" permission. You can run the command "rsop.msc" to verify it. If those accounts has been granted "Log on as a service" permission successfully, it's easier to use the hookapi to capture the logs when the relevant service gets stopped. You can follow the steps below to capture the service statues logs. 1. Download the files "detoured.dll, hookapi.dll" from the following path: https://sftasia.one.microsoft.com/choosetransfer.aspx?key=71d6e5dc-f5d3-447d-a37f-e02e1fa22b78 Password: uK20uEO1z7jojH 2. Put the attached two files to the system32 folder. 3. Then set this registry key AppInit_DLLs to hookapi.dll. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows AppInit_DLLs 4. Restart the system and then try to stop/start a service. As expected, a log file should be saved in the C:\ folder. Sincerely, Wilson Jia TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Please click "Mark as Answer" when you get the correct reply to your question.

Any update?Santhosh Sivarajan | MCTS, MCSE (W2K3/W2K/NT4), MCSA (W2K3/W2K/MSG), CCNA, Network+ Houston, TX http://blogs.sivarajan.com/ http://publications.sivarajan.com/ This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Sorry for the delay, dud not get informed that you replied, I will do as you suggested and log back the results, thanksBill Bacoyiannis

Do you have a current link for this? The workspace wasn't found when I tried. I've been looking to get these DLLs from an older forum posting but I keep missing the expiration on the download link. Thanks.