Service Unable to start while system Reboots

[mpk1979]

Hi All, we have developed a service which will be using ODBC Database connectiviy for fetching the data from database.when the system has restarted the service has to be started automatically...but it doesn't...it is unable to start because it is unable to find the ODBC connectivity...but once the system is started,when user starts it, it will be started....is that when the system is restarted and when it is starting the services till that time ODBC drivers are not installed?...can any one help me out regarding this Mpk1979

[prasad_som]

You can set your service, depenendent on other service, that you feel need to run, for your service to start succesfully. I dont know about database services, but you can identify by looking services explorer. Once, set your service depend on other service, It will wait to start that service and then initiates its start process.

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[kakan]

Just a thought, is your service running under Local Account? In that case, you won't be able to connect over the network (since noone has logged on). And you wan't be able to connect to the DB (over the network). Could this be the cause of your problem?

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[Galatei]

Hi, It shouldn't be the case, because Local account is not the one which is used to log in to the database. I'm not quite certain, but MSDTC is probably what you're looking for. If you add it as dependency for your service, it should be working properly. Regards