Monday, March 19, 2012

Active Directory Helper service aborting upon startup

On a fairly new install of SQL 2005 64-bit, upon bootup the Active Directory Helper Serivice is aborting with the error 3221225572 (0XC0000064). When an attempt is made to start the service manually the following error appears: "Windows could not start teh SQL Server Active Directory Helper on Local Computer. For more infromation, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to the service-specific error code - 1073741724."

The service is strating up under the network services account, which I am suspicous may be a problem. Currently the SQL server is running under SQL 2005 SP2 with no post service pack hotfixes. Do you have any advice on how to get the service to launch without errors?

I would guess the service may be set to automatic. The MSSQLServerADHelper service should be set to manual. SQL Server will start and stop the service itself when needed. It's not something you need to start yourself - just let SQL Server manage it.

-Sue

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