Scheduler Service Will Not Start if Server Moved from Domain

Last reviewed: March 19, 1998
Article ID: Q164130

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

The Scheduler service will not start if a member server is moved from a domain to a workgroup.

The following error appears in the Eventlog:

   Event 7001: Source: Service Control Manager
   The Schedule service depends on the Netlogon service which failed to
   start because of the following error:

   The service has returned a service-specific error code.

RESOLUTION

Configure the Scheduler service to start with a local account, before you move the server from a domain to a workgroup.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Keywords          : kbbug4.00 ntgeneral ntsecurity NTSrvWkst
Version           : WinNT4.0
Platform          : winnt
Issue type        : kbbug

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Last reviewed: March 19, 1998
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