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JSI Tip 0476 - Service doesn't start error.

If you receive:

At Least One Service or Driver Failed... and event viewer has:

Could not start <service name> service on \\<computer name>
Error 0005: Access is Denied

and/or

Event ID: 7000
Source: Service Control Manager
Description: <service name> service failed to start due to the
following error: The system cannot find the file specified.

it may be because the <service name> is a long name with spaces. To check/fix the problem, edit:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\<service name>

if there are spaces in the data value string, double click it and put a " at the beginning and end of the string.

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