Service fails to start

Author	Message
Sakletare Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 128 Credit: 17,423,480 RAC: 10,984	Message 1311691 - Posted: 6 Dec 2012, 10:18:37 UTC
	I have a couple of hosts that randomly fails to launch BOINC at startup. Sometimes it starts, sometimes it doesn't. No idea why. Any thoughts? It's always the same two hosts, they are running Windows 7 Professional and the service is properly installed. When I manually start BOINC the first time after such an incident User Account Control asks for permission to procede.
	ID: 1311691 ·

dancer42 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 2 Jun 02 Posts: 340 Credit: 1,074,196 RAC: 1,204	Message 1311739 - Posted: 6 Dec 2012, 13:27:30 UTC - in response to Message 1311691.
	there are many things that can cause this. but if this is an old install or a badly written new install the files may be weak. if that is the case, uninstalling wiping the boinc directory and re-installing may be the easiest way to fix. try that first this fails list hardware and post agin. ____________
	ID: 1311739 ·

Sakletare Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 128 Credit: 17,423,480 RAC: 10,984	Message 1311804 - Posted: 6 Dec 2012, 17:00:14 UTC - in response to Message 1311739.
	Obviously I'm thinking about reinstalling BOINC, but I'd like to understand the root cause to prevent it from hapening again. I have four identical hosts, two of them have this problem for some reason. And I have no idea what "weak files" may be.
	ID: 1311804 ·