Greg Low
1/10/2003 3:44:00 PM
Hi Erik,
Most errors relating to this appear in the System Event log. Is there
anything in there?
HTH
Greg Low
Brisbane, Oztralia
"Erik Robertson" <erikrob@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I've built an empty Windows Service using the VB.Net wizard which does
> nothing, besides know how to start and stop.
> I install it using InstallUtil.exe with no errors. Whenever I try and
> start it (using the Win2K Services control panl, or using NET START),
> it just times out reporting an error and when I lookup it's state it's
> always in 'starting' mode, which just never completes apparently.
>
> I took the executable over to another box which has the .NET
> Framework, installed it there, and it worked FLAWLESSLY.
>
> Based on that I uninstalled everything from my box (The service,
> VS.NET and .NET Framework), reinstalled just a clean .NET Framework
> with the latest service pack, and tried again installing the service,
> starting it and AGAIN IT DID NOT WORK (same behavior)...
>
> Does anyone an idea of what could be going on???
>
> I'm running Win2K Pro with SP3.
>
> Regards,
> Erik.