Hi,

I need to change the service account for the agent service. However, it won't start with the new account. When I look at the log I see the error related to startservicedispatcher.

Another thing, I can start the agent from the command line using the SQLAgent.exe -c -v -i <instance Name>. But it won't start as a service.

So I have changed it back to the previous account which I believe was entered at the time of installation. But my organization requires me to change this service account.

How can I resolve this?

Thanks.

Can you locate SQLagent.out file open it in notepad and pste its content here. Did you used SSCM to change service account

You can get location from

USE MASTER
GO
EXEC msdb..sp_get_sqlagent_properties
GO

check account is not lock,check in event log.

Did you change the account using the right tool? I.e., SQL Server Configuration Manager.