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Message: [QUOTE="TJ, post: 11146403"] I created a windows service using VS2005. I created/adjusted the install class using the designer controls. I set the user to be 'local system'. I installed the service using the VS2005 cmd console (installutil.exe). The service shows up fine in my services snap-in. I can start and stop it just fine and it works great when I start it. I can open a command window and type: net start "My Service" and net stop "My Service" and it works great. I have a program that must start the service like this: c:\windows\system32\sc.exe \\mymachinename start "My Service" Now is when my problem arises. Using the sc.exe (like in the line above) to start/stop the service throws the following error: [SC] OpenSCManager FAILED 1722: The RPC server is unavailable. This is on Win2003SvrSP1 Using some rpc tools in the Windows Resource Kit didn't reveal anything - though I don't have much experience w/ those tools and could have not testing something correctly. The RPC server service is started. Again, my custom windows service works just fine if I start/stop in the mmc or use 'net start/stop' from a command line. I just can't for the life of me get sc.exe to start/stop it w/o throwing that 'RPC server is unavailable' error. I mean everything was done clean and out of the box. It's practically a HelloWorld windows service created in VS2005 C# and immediately installed using installutil.exe all self contained on a single Win2003Svr machine. This should be a textbook helloworld windows service. Does anyone know how I can use sc.exe to start/stop w/o throwing that awful error? [/QUOTE]

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