"Mike" <istan@alltel.net.No.Spam.Please> wrote in message
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> After upgrading my W2K3 PDC to SP1, I'm now getting this error when the
> windows time service starts.
>
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: Service Control Manager
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 7023
> Description:
> The Windows Time service terminated with the following error:
> Not all privileges referenced are assigned to the caller.
>
> I found a MSKB article on the error:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;892501
>
> However both the resolutions did not work.  I initially tried method 1 and
> modified the domain controller security policy and then told the service
> to start, but got the same error.  I then tried method 2 and set it to use
> LocalSystem and I get a completely different error.
>
> "The account specified for this service is different from the account
> specified for other services running in the same process."
>
> I also tried to set it to use my account and got the same error, now I'm
> screwed because I can't set it back to NT AUTHORITY\LocalService since I
> don't have a clue what the password is and there's not chance to start it
> up while its not using the same account as the other services.
>
> Anyone have any idea what I can do here to fix this?  I've upgraded other
> servers to SP1 and never ran into this problem, so I'm not sure why mine
> was even doing this, but I guess now I've got to find out how to get the
> service set back to the proper account too.  Ugh.
>
> Thanks,
> mike
>