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Q164130: Scheduler Service Will Not Start if Server Moved from Domain

Article: Q164130
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 09-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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The Scheduler service will not start if a member server is moved from a domain
to a workgroup.

The following error appears in the Eventlog:

  Event 7001: Source: Service Control Manager
  The Schedule service depends on the Netlogon service which failed to start
  because of the following error:

  The service has returned a service-specific error code.

RESOLUTION
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Configure the Scheduler service to start with a local account, before you move
the server from a domain to a workgroup.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We are
researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: schedule

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbbug

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