thanks for your response brad, we can start it manually but it is just a bit of a pain to do this! looked into the log files and it didn't say anything at all.
thanks richard >1) check your windows system logs to see if it tired to start the >service >2) Check your ColdFusion out logs to what happened. >3) Can you start the service manually? > >~Brad > >hi > >we have a computer where the coldfusion 8 application server is not >starting automatically but the start type is set to automatic. we have >done searches on the web and found somewhere that suggested it may be >timing out, and also gave us instructions on how to increase the timeout >but this didnt work ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:312781 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

