Troubleshooting the information store service can be straightforward yet immensely complicated if you don’t know what is going on. For this reason I think it is important to know that there are 3 likely culprits that will cause your information store service to go down and refuse to come up: · Database problems · Active directory problems · Antivirus software Trying to work out which is the culprit can be hard, elimination is probably the easiest way to work through this… So let us get started! 1....
When I try to start the service, it fails and the following appears in the Application log within Event Viewer: Source: MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS Event ID: 17058 Task Category: Server Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Description: initerrlog: Could not open error log file ''. Operating system error = 3(The system cannot find the path specified.). To fix this I had to change the Log on as property of the service from Local Service to Local System Technorati Tags: sql server 2008,troubleshooting,servic...
Update: I have now placed the zip containing the source for the end result of part 1 and 2 of this service template here. Two weeks ago I began the series with a discussion on how to make a new C# Windows Service template that is “debuggable” (you can find the article here). I had then intended the next week to follow up with a discussion on how to modify that template to make the service “self-installing”. Unfortunately, with my work schedule I wasn’t able to complete the series last week due to...
Update: I have now placed the zip containing the source for the end result of part 1 and 2 of this service template here. I decided to write a pair of posts on making it easier to create Windows Services in C# (and in .NET in general). This is the first post that talks about how to make a Windows Service debuggable (the default visual studio template does not allow the service to be easily debugged), and then next week’s post will discuss making the Windows Service self-installing. Now, these posts...
When we went to SC for Code Camp, I moved my Nuvi from the Xterra to the rental van. I had a lot of trouble getting it out of my car since it has stuck to the windsheld and ended up tearing a bunch of the rubber off to get it out of my car. When we arrived home, the same thing happened in the van and I had to scrap it off the window to get it out. This left it unusable since it would not stick to any window at this point. Finally after a few weeks of putting up with no GPS, I called Garmin on Wednesday...