I've discovered what causes this issue.
The file nt_serv.cpp has a method called "IsService". This requests SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS
permission from the service control manager. Changing this to SERVICE_QUERY_STATUS
fixes the issue whilist achieving the same effect/
Simon
Message from "Simont
Hi,
I've installed MySQL 3.23.55 on Windows 2000 and I am trying to run the mysqld service
as a user account rather than the local system account. This worked fine in 3.23.43
but has stopped working since the upgrade.
The error I get is 2186, which seems to be "service failing to respond to con
