Hi,I am facing problem in starting an application registered as a service on Windows 2008 server. Given below are the details steps :Code snippet used to register a service :// Open a connection to the service control manager on// the local machine.srvManager = OpenSCManager( NULL,NULL,SC_MANAGER_ALL_ACCESS);// If can't get a connection, we have to return.if (srvManager == NULL) {Debug(LDAP_DEBUG_TRACE,"getCurrentProcessSID: OpenSCManager failed errno=%d.\n", GetLastError());return ldtr_rc(LDAP_OPERATIONS_ERROR);}dwStartType = SERVICE_AUTO_START;// Now try to create the service.ptrService = CreateService(// pointer to the service control manager.srvManager,// The name of the service.service_name,// The display name description of the service.description,SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS,SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS,// If the service is auto started or now.dwStartType,SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL,// The command to run and parameters to pass it.command,NULL,NULL,NULL,// The user id to run the service under.userid,// The password of the id to run the service under.password);Value of the parameter passed to the above mentioned function is :command : c:\diradm.cmd --> script used in to invoke the require binary .userid : NULLPassword : NULLService name : diradm_xyzdescription: Service used to start the server On running this piece of code , I see a service registered under Administrator -> Services I tried to run the service from the Services panel , but I see the error on the console as :Error 1053, The service did not responded to the start or control request in a timely fashion . I have debug statement in the diradmd.cmd file which should be redirected to a log file. It seems that diradm.cmd is not called by service registered !The strange part is that the same piece of code works fine on Windows 2003 server so what I am missing for Windows 2008 ? Note in case of Win 2003 , I have set the dependency on Lan Manager and here I have passes it as NULL.Looking forward for your suggestion ,Thanks,Romil Shah

Hello, Based on some research, I find this error may be related to the .NET Framework. The following article gives some clues: FIX: You receive an "Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion" error message when you stop or pause a managed Windows service http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839174 Besides, it appears that this is a development related request and would best be addressed in the Developer newsgroups (or forums). I have provided the links below: http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp I hope this issue will be resolved soon. Thanks for your understanding. Best regards, Chang Yin Microsoft Online Community Support