JSI Tip 0555 - System event log has ID 7009 and ID 7000?

Jerold Schulman

June 2, 1998

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If you monitor the event logs on your network, you may notice that the System event log on a Workstation (or Server) contains:

ID 7009 Timeout (120000 milliseconds) waiting for service to connect.

ID 7000 The service failed to start due to the following error:

The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

This combination of errors is generally caused by a user who can't make up their mind.
The user starts to logon and immediatly logs off. If a service is configured to interact with the desktop, it may fail to start. The user receives:

The application failed to initialize because the window station is shutting down.

When they logon again, the Service Control Manager (SCM) logs the two events in the system event log.

See tip 099 and tip 162.

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