Hi Dave, The ServiceBase class has a property named "AutoLog". If this property is "true" by default (which I don't know), the ServiceBase class reports failures and state change information for Start, Stop, Pause, and Continue events in the Event log. Maybe setting AutoLog to false explicitly will solve the problem, but I haven't tried that.
HTH, Stoyan -----Original Message----- From: Dave Adair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 3:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] .NET Windows Services won't start if event log is full? I've read several posts around the net from people saying that their Windows Services written in .NET don't start correctly when the event log is full. The service continually shows as "Starting" in the services manager. I am now seeing this same behaviour since the event log on my test server become full. I set the log to "overwrite events as needed" and the service is starting correctly now. Can anyone confirm that this is a bug in .NET? I haven't seen anything official from Microsoft yet. I'm using .NET SP2. You can read messages from the Advanced DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from Advanced DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the Advanced DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from Advanced DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
