Windows Server 2003 Time Service Fails: Access is denied.

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29 Aug 2005 12:27 AM

Peter Manse

I screwed something up!

Two items probably contributed to my predicament: First, over multiple days
and calls and registry entries, Microsoft Tech Support helped me fix a SQL
Reporting Services problem I was having. Second, I turned on a Group Policy
to redirect folders.

I first noticed the problem in the event log of my XP Pro client:

Event Type:    Error
Event Source:    Userenv
Event Category:    None
Event ID:    1097
User:        NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Description:
Windows cannot find the machine account, The clocks on the client and server
machines are skewed.

This was followed by:

Event Type:    Error
Event Source:    Userenv
Event Category:    None
Event ID:    1030
User:        NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Description:
Windows cannot query for the list of Group Policy objects. A message that
describes the reason for this was previously logged by the policy engine.

I found a pretty good posting on the skewed clock problem at
http://support.moonpoint.com/os/windows/domain/clocks-skewed.html which
eventually led me to discover that my Windows Time service wasn't starting:

Event Type:    Error
Event Source:    Service Control Manager
Event Category:    None
Event ID:    7023
User:        N/A
Description:
The Windows Time service terminated with the following error:
Access is denied.

The service is configured as follows:

Service name:    w32time
Path to executable:    C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k Local Service
Startup type:    Automatic
Log on as:    NT AUTHORITY\LocalService

Could any of you try to help me diagnose this one, please?

Thanks...

--
Peter

29 Aug 2005 1:11 AM

Todd J Heron

On the two Windows Server 2003 systems that I have here in front of me,
their Path to executable for the w32time service is:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs. Notice that only the 'netsvcs'
is different.

--
Todd J Heron, MCSE
Windows Server 2003/2000/NT; CCA
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"Peter Manse" <PeterMa***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2C67411C-63FE-47C8-8E3C-85FB6C0E9087@microsoft.com...

I screwed something up!

Two items probably contributed to my predicament: First, over multiple days
and calls and registry entries, Microsoft Tech Support helped me fix a SQL
Reporting Services problem I was having. Second, I turned on a Group Policy
to redirect folders.

I first noticed the problem in the event log of my XP Pro client:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1097
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Description:
Windows cannot find the machine account, The clocks on the client and server
machines are skewed.

This was followed by:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1030
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Description:
Windows cannot query for the list of Group Policy objects. A message that
describes the reason for this was previously logged by the policy engine.

I found a pretty good posting on the skewed clock problem at
http://support.moonpoint.com/os/windows/domain/clocks-skewed.html which
eventually led me to discover that my Windows Time service wasn't starting:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7023
User: N/A
Description:
The Windows Time service terminated with the following error:
Access is denied.

The service is configured as follows:

Service name: w32time
Path to executable: C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k Local Service
Startup type: Automatic
Log on as: NT AUTHORITY\LocalService

Could any of you try to help me diagnose this one, please?

Thanks...

--
Peter

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29 Aug 2005 2:24 AM

Peter Manse

Had me excited there for a minute, Todd...

To make the change, I edited the registry entry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System
\ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ w32time \ ImagePath, but doing so produced
the following dialog box:

Could not start the Windows Time service on Local Computer.
Error 1079: The account specified for this service is different from the
account specified for other services running in the same process.

The event viewer shows pretty much the same thing:

Event Type:    Error
Event Source:    Service Control Manager
Event Category:    None
Event ID:    7000
User:        N/A
Description:
The Windows Time service failed to start due to the following error:
The account specified for this service is different from the account
specified for other services running in the same process.

What do you think?

--
Peter

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"Todd J Heron" wrote:

> On the two Windows Server 2003 systems that I have here in front of me,
> their Path to executable for the w32time service is:
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs. Notice that only the 'netsvcs'
> is different.
>
> --
> Todd J Heron, MCSE
> Windows Server 2003/2000/NT; CCA
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights
>
> "Peter Manse" <PeterMa***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2C67411C-63FE-47C8-8E3C-85FB6C0E9087@microsoft.com...
> I screwed something up!
>
> Two items probably contributed to my predicament: First, over multiple days
> and calls and registry entries, Microsoft Tech Support helped me fix a SQL
> Reporting Services problem I was having. Second, I turned on a Group Policy
> to redirect folders.
>
> I first noticed the problem in the event log of my XP Pro client:
>
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: Userenv
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 1097
> User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
> Description:
> Windows cannot find the machine account, The clocks on the client and server
> machines are skewed.
>
> This was followed by:
>
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: Userenv
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 1030
> User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
> Description:
> Windows cannot query for the list of Group Policy objects. A message that
> describes the reason for this was previously logged by the policy engine.
>
> I found a pretty good posting on the skewed clock problem at
> http://support.moonpoint.com/os/windows/domain/clocks-skewed.html which
> eventually led me to discover that my Windows Time service wasn't starting:
>
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: Service Control Manager
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 7023
> User: N/A
> Description:
> The Windows Time service terminated with the following error:
> Access is denied.
>
> The service is configured as follows:
>
> Service name: w32time
> Path to executable: C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k Local Service
> Startup type: Automatic
> Log on as: NT AUTHORITY\LocalService
>
> Could any of you try to help me diagnose this one, please?
>
> Thanks...
> --
> Peter
>
>