On 20/02/17 17:46, Samuli Seppänen wrote:
> On 20/02/2017 19:32, debbie10t wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 20/02/17 16:36, Samuli Seppänen wrote:
>>> On 20/02/2017 17:09, Samuli Seppänen wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> Debbie10t: can you launch Powershell and issue
>>>>
>>>> Get-WMIObject -Class win32_service -Filter "Name='OpenVPNService'"
>>>>
>>>> With default settings it should output this:
>>>>
>>>> ExitCode : 0
>>>> Name : OpenVpnService
>>>> ProcessId : 0
>>>> StartMode : Manual
>>>> State : Stopped
>>>> Status : Ok
>>>>
>>>> If "StartMode" is truly set to Manual, yet after a reboot "State" says
>>>> "Running", then we have a genuine problem.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Could you run the above Get-WMIObject command just in case? That would
>>> help rule out the possibility that the graphical UI is confused about
>>> the StartupType of OpenVpnService.
>>>
>>
>>
>> (Knowing about Windows Faststart #804)
>>
>> Stop running openvpnserv2 + openvpn.exe
>> REBOOT
>>
>> Result of powershell:
>>
>> ExitCode: 0
>> Name: OpenVPNService
>> ProcessID: 2324
>> StartMode: Manual
>> State: Running
>> Status: OK
>>
>> Weird ?
>>
>> Thanks for your help :)
>> Regards
>>
>>
>
> Very weird indeed.
* gulp *
>
> Does the application event log show the usual message for starting
> OpenVPNService? Here's a rather naty Powershell command-line to check
> that out:
>
> Get-EventLog Application|Where-Object { $_.Source -eq "OpenVPNService"
> -and $_.Message -like "*started*" }|Select -Last 5
The last 5 reveal that the event log only knows about startup of the
service until 18/feb/2017 ... also shows the config starting.
>
> Or you can just use the Event Viewer. In any case you should see a
> message "Service started successfully." with a timestamp that matches
> the time you rebooted,
did not scroll back two days .. ran the above command instead
>
> My hunch is that _something_ outside the usual boot procedure starts the
> service.
>
a virus ? starting openvpnservice .. is that likely ?
disk corruption .. well it is an old pc and has seen better days ..
but it seems to function ok for average $users activities !
If I disable the service it does *not* start.
I am stumped ..
Thanks for your help :)
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