[RESOLVED] Service won't run after install

Hi,

I wrote a service in C#. On my Windows 7 development station, the service installs and runs (I installed it directly from the release directory in the Visual Studio 2008 tree). I've been able to test it and it does it's thing. I zipped up a copy of the release folder to be installed on a 2008 Server. The admin was able to install it and no errors were reported in the install log. But when he tries to start the service, he almost immediately gets the error: "1053 the service failed to start in a timely manner".

Writing services is new to me. Is there something else I need to do in order for the service to run on a 2008 server?

Thanks,

Rob Tanner
Linfield College

Hmmm... I threw some extra logging in and zipped up another copy. Didn't make any other changes but this time it started right up. Go figure.

Does your service have other service dependencies?

No, no dependencies. Either it was just a fluke or the sysadmin installed it wrong on the server. It's working now.