I had the exact same problem yesterday, and found the same solution. Took me half a day to find out the reason :-(
Urs > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Dave Adair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2002 14:56 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: [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.
