I think it's a rights issue. I had a similar problem a while ago. What I discovered was that even the Administrator doesn't have the right to start a service by default. This right gets added automatically when you first go into the Serivces console. I had to write a Custom Action to give the user the 'start a service' right. This was a while ago and thankfully the requirement got dropped, so sadly I don't have the code around anymore. There's possibly a way to do it from WiX.
What is strange is that after you've started the service manually, the installer continues to fail. I'm not sure why that is. Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have written wxs file for a windows service that requires > username/password during installation. It installs but the problem is, > after installing I cannot start the service. It gives me an error saying > " Error 1069: The service did not start due to a logon failure" .But if > I right click the service, go in the 'Log On' tab and re-enter the > password under 'This account' then its able to start the service. Btw, > this was the same password I entered during the installation run-time. > Anyone in the same boat? Am I missing something with the password? I set > it as a public property (similar to username) but somehow the service > wont start unless i re-enter the password manually after the > installation. Again, once password is reset, I can't uninstall or > reinstall the service. Portion of the wxs file is below: > > <Component Id="ItemRepWinServiceComponent" > Guid="EA40A9D3-51E8-D857-ECC8-73BA4E5CE35D"> > <File Id ="ItemReplicator.exe" Name="ItemRep.exe" > LongName="ItemReplicator.exe" src="$(var.BuildBinariesDir)\" > KeyPath="yes" DiskId="1" /> > <ServiceInstall Id="ItemReplicatorServiceInstall" Name="Item > Replicator" DisplayName="Item Replicator Service" Description="Service > to Replicate Change" ErrorControl="normal" Type="ownProcess" > Start="auto" Vital="yes" > Account='[USERNAME]' Password='[PASSWORD]' > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]'> /> > <ServiceControl Id="ItemReplicatorServiceInstall" Name="Item > Replicator" Stop="both" Remove="uninstall" Wait="yes"/> > </Component> > > > The service works perfectly when installed with installutil command. > > Version of wix being used is 2.0.4701.0. > > Has anyone faced similar problem or am I missing something? > > Thanks, > Surya > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get news, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Check > it out! <http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
