I am running a Dedicated Server Win2K3 SP2 with the Windows Media Component installed. 1.5 years w/ out an issue and all of a sudden this morning, The Windows Media Services service terminated with service-specific error 2147942402 (0x80070002). Can anyone out there tell me how to fix this. I have 60 publishing points set up and reinstall is not an option.

HiPlease look this KB ariticle perhaps it is helps! otherwise please post the Event id errorshttp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;842773Deva

service pack 2 already has this fix installed. i made an attempt and was stopped by windows. the error code service-specific error 2147942402 (0x80070002) affects the BITS, but the actual service that will not start on my server is windows media service for WMServer 9.x

HiTry this..http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsupdate&tid=dce6b4b6-27ff-49dc-b860-b36f67682c0f&cat=en_US_d02fc761-3f6b-402c-82f6-ba1a8875c1a7&lang=en&cr=&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/Windows/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/2005-05/msg01051.htmlhttp://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?pg=2&p=1&tid=dce6b4b6-27ff-49dc-b860-b36f67682c0f&dg=microsoft.public.windowsupdate&cat=en_US_d02fc761-3f6b-402c-82f6-ba1a8875c1a7&lang=en&cr=&sloc=en-usHope this helps!Deva

HiTry this..http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsupdate&tid=dce6b4b6-27ff-49dc-b860-b36f67682c0f&cat=en_US_d02fc761-3f6b-402c-82f6-ba1a8875c1a7&lang=en&cr=&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/Windows/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/2005-05/msg01051.htmlhttp://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?pg=2&p=1&tid=dce6b4b6-27ff-49dc-b860-b36f67682c0f&dg=microsoft.public.windowsupdate&cat=en_US_d02fc761-3f6b-402c-82f6-ba1a8875c1a7&lang=en&cr=&sloc=en-usHope this helps!Deva I did try the BITS fix just as a test to see if by any chance it will fix my service issue. Unfortunatley the BITS service never was the issue. The real issue is the windows media service will not start and it comes up with that error code. I would like to find a fix for windows media server services not starting. Here is the specific error code.Event Type:ErrorEvent Source:Service Control ManagerEvent Category:NoneEvent ID:7024Date:8/18/2009Time:10:05:08 AMUser:N/AComputer:CL-T091-271CLDescription:The Windows Media Services service terminated with service-specific error 2147942487 (0x80070057). For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.I also noticed this in the application log entryEvent Type:ErrorEvent Source:COMEvent Category:NoneEvent ID:10022Date:8/18/2009Time:10:05:08 AMUser:N/AComputer:CL-T091-271CLDescription:The application-specific access security descriptor for the COM Server application C:\WINDOWS\system32\Windows Media\Server\WMServer.exe is invalid. It contains Access Control Entries with permissions that are invalid. The requested action was therefore not performed. This security permission can be corrected using the Component Services administrative tool. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

This seems to be the most appropriate article, it's listed in the WS2003 bugfix page : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829393/Usually the error is related to "server cannot create object", in thiscase .NET1.0 CLR is implicated.DevaDon't do what others say - listen to them, but do what you feel good doing.