W32time service suddenly stopped working and refuses to start on one of my DCs

If anyone knows how to decipher this issue, much appreciated.

C:\Documents and Settings\root>sc query w32time

SERVICE_NAME: w32time
TYPE : 20 WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS
STATE : 1 STOPPED
(NOT_STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE,
IGNORES_SHUTDOWN))
WIN32_EXIT_CODE : 126 (0x7e)
SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
CHECKPOINT : 0x0
WAIT_HINT : 0x0

C:\Documents and Settings\root>net start w32time
The Windows Time service is starting.
The Windows Time service could not be started.

A system error has occurred.

System error 126 has occurred.

The specified module could not be found.

Greetings,

Try re-registering the w32time.dll file.
In a command prompt enter:
regsvr32 w32time.dll and press enter

Then type:
net time /setsntp:time.windows.com and press enter

Lastly, try restarting the service.

Hope this helps,
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"Edward Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> If anyone knows how to decipher this issue, much appreciated.
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\root>sc query w32time
>
> SERVICE_NAME: w32time
> TYPE : 20 WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS
> STATE : 1 STOPPED
> (NOT_STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE,
> IGNORES_SHUTDOWN))
> WIN32_EXIT_CODE : 126 (0x7e)
> SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
> CHECKPOINT : 0x0
> WAIT_HINT : 0x0
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\root>net start w32time
> The Windows Time service is starting.
> The Windows Time service could not be started.
>
> A system error has occurred.
>
> System error 126 has occurred.
>
> The specified module could not be found.
>

Tried that stuff already, no change.

Demoted and reprmoted the DC, that seemed to do it.


"Louis Vitiello Jr." <louv-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Greetings,
>
> Try re-registering the w32time.dll file.
> In a command prompt enter:
> regsvr32 w32time.dll and press enter
>
> Then type:
> net time /setsntp:time.windows.com and press enter
>
> Lastly, try restarting the service.
>
> Hope this helps,
> --
> Louis Vitiello Jr.
> MCSE +S, MCSA, MCP, A+/N+
> ERCP XP Pro / Net Concepts
>
>
> "Edward Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> If anyone knows how to decipher this issue, much appreciated.
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\root>sc query w32time
>>
>> SERVICE_NAME: w32time
>> TYPE : 20 WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS
>> STATE : 1 STOPPED
>> (NOT_STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE,
>> IGNORES_SHUTDOWN))
>> WIN32_EXIT_CODE : 126 (0x7e)
>> SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
>> CHECKPOINT : 0x0
>> WAIT_HINT : 0x0
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\root>net start w32time
>> The Windows Time service is starting.
>> The Windows Time service could not be started.
>>
>> A system error has occurred.
>>
>> System error 126 has occurred.
>>
>> The specified module could not be found.
>>
>
>
>

I am getting the exact same message when attempting to start the tim
service.

C:\Documents and Settings\root>sc query w32time
>>
>> SERVICE_NAME: w32time
>> TYPE : 20 WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS
>> STATE : 1 STOPPED
>> (NOT_STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE,
>> IGNORES_SHUTDOWN))
>> WIN32_EXIT_CODE : 126 (0x7e)
>> SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
>> CHECKPOINT : 0x0
>> WAIT_HINT : 0x0
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\root>net start w32time
>> The Windows Time service is starting.
>> The Windows Time service could not be started.
>>
>> A system error has occurred.
>>
>> System error 126 has occurred.
>>
>> The specified module could not be found.

I have re-registered the w32time.dll, set the local service account t
have change system time rights, rebooted and still have not resolve
the issue. The box is an application server (MQ Series) and the tim
will not synch up.
The only thing I have not done is defrag, not that I think is wil
resolve my issue however it is 29% fragmented with 57% fil
fragmentation

Any suggestions you may have would be greatly appreciated

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When you say register w32time.dll, does this mean you did the following?

w32tm /unregister
w32tm /register

/neo

ps - I assumed your DCs are Windows 2003.

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>
> I am getting the exact same message when attempting to start the time
> service.
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\root>sc query w32time
>>>
>>> SERVICE_NAME: w32time
>>> TYPE : 20 WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS
>>> STATE : 1 STOPPED
>>> (NOT_STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE,
>>> IGNORES_SHUTDOWN))
>>> WIN32_EXIT_CODE : 126 (0x7e)
>>> SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
>>> CHECKPOINT : 0x0
>>> WAIT_HINT : 0x0
>>>
>>> C:\Documents and Settings\root>net start w32time
>>> The Windows Time service is starting.
>>> The Windows Time service could not be started.
>>>
>>> A system error has occurred.
>>>
>>> System error 126 has occurred.
>>>
>>> The specified module could not be found.
>
> I have re-registered the w32time.dll, set the local service account to
> have change system time rights, rebooted and still have not resolved
> the issue. The box is an application server (MQ Series) and the time
> will not synch up.
> The only thing I have not done is defrag, not that I think is will
> resolve my issue however it is 29% fragmented with 57% file
> fragmentation
>
> Any suggestions you may have would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
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Yes, I did that once. When I attempted to unregister I got an erro
saying access is denied. When I did the regserv32 /u I successfull
unregistered. Then I used regsrv32 to register and was also sucessful
Still unable to start the time servic

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> Yes, I did that once. When I attempted to unregister I got an error
> saying access is denied. When I did the regserv32 /u I successfully
> unregistered. Then I used regsrv32 to register and was also sucessful.
> Still unable to start the time service
>

I notice a post in m.p.w.s.general mentioning they're having time problems
after applying windows updates today.

Can you confirm if you have applied any updates to your DC today?

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I am not having the issues on my DC. This is a dedicated appplicatio
server. I also have not applied SP1 to it either

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This is a domain controler that was upgraded from either windows 2000 or
NT or both. It appears that the problem started after patching back in
July of 2007. I noticed the problem while trying to resolve anothe
issue. Some of the things I have corrected (but didn't help) was that
the registry entries were pointing to c:\Windows\System32 when they
should have pointed to c:\WINNT\system32\... I have not rebooted since
correcting these entries, not sure if that would help or not. Any
ideas??


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I ran service pack 2 and the problem went away,

It seems as though the time service pre service pack 2 uses the NetSvc
account to start the service. Service pack 2 uses the Local Service
account. THe netsvc account was corrupt and could not be
authenticated.

Bear in mind that when installing SP2 on W2K3 you will need a minimium
of 770MB of space if you run SP2 from another drive and save the
uninstall directory to another drive. If you save and run it all from
the C drive you will nee 1.3GB minimium of space.


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