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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 ...