Cannot start a service

[Julek]

I have a service, it is set to Manual start. It doesn't have any
dependencies on other services. When I open Services window and select
to start this service, after half a second, there shows a messagebox
with error 1053 - "Service did not respond to starting signal after
specified time". In Control Panel-> Administrator tools -> Messages,
it shows error 7009 - "Timeout (30000 milliseconds) waiting for the
NT_Naming_Service service to connect". It's strange, it didn't wait 30
seconds.

What is the probable cause? Is there a possibility that a program
cannot find his DLLs or some other needed files? When I start this
service from a command line, it doesn't show that there are missing
DLLs. So - are there any differences between normal apps and services,
where they search for needed files?

Or maybe there is some other cause?

This program was compiled in VS2005 on my machine, if it changes
anything.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

There is a script you can create and run to verify your belief that there
are no dependencies. It couldn't hurt to try it. Beyond that, I would think
a corrupt system file is a good bet. Maybe a Repair setup of XP would fix
that.

List Dependent Services for All Services:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/os/services/ossvvb05.mspx

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm