A dependency issue seems most likely in the circumstances. What happens if you install the service but don't attempt to start it during the installation? Does it start manually from the services applet? If it does you know that the account is fine but something like a dependent Dll or assembly is missing when the service is started.
If it doesn'r start at reboot time, this can be a dependency on another service that you haven't configured. As an aside, you should look at MsiHiddenProperties as a way of not exposing passwords in a log! Phil Wilson ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Mensching Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 6:00 PM To: 'Chandra Rentachintala'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] password is incorrectly set during ServiceInstall The error message from StartServices is pretty dismal. The same message is presented for pretty much all reasons. More like than not, you service won't start because some dependency is missing or something else. You should be able to try diagnosing the service start while the dialog box is up... ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chandra Rentachintala Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 1:41 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] password is incorrectly set during ServiceInstall I have my service installed like this and it installs the service correctly, but service is unable to start due to login failure. <ServiceInstall Id='MyServiceInstall' DisplayName='myservice' Name='myservice' ErrorControl='ignore' Type='ownProcess' Vital="no" Start="auto" Account='[SERVICEDOMAIN]\[SERVICEUSERNAME]' Password='[SERVICEPASSWORD]' /> I traced the logs and the password is correct there. If I set the same password in services.msc, it works fine. ServicePassword has couple of '$' chars in it, if that is of any significance. Anyone hit this issue and found the solution, let me know. Thanks Chandra ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
