Scheduler Service Will Not Start if Server Is Moved from Domain

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