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Sambha
Sambha

Reputation: 673

Error in installing Windows service developed in .NET

I have developed a windows service using C# and Visual Studio 2008. I have Windows XP SP2 installed on my machine. When I try to install the service using the installutil tool, after entering the username and password, I get the following error.

An exception occurred during the Install phase. System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The account name is invalid or does not exist, or the password is invalid for the account name specified.

But the user does exist. I had created the user through control panel → User accounts → Create new account.

The command I used for installing the service was:

installutil /i TestService.exe

How can I resolve the issue?

Upvotes: 67

Views: 27147

Answers (3)

Deepp
Deepp

Reputation: 103

I solved this by changing ServiceProcessInstaller.Account to LocalSystem, and it works for me.

Upvotes: 0

devstuff
devstuff

Reputation: 8387

The account may also need to be given the "Log on as a service" account right; pass the SE_SERVICE_LOGON_NAME constant to the LsaAddAccountRights() API.

Upvotes: 3

Oded
Oded

Reputation: 499352

If the account is a local user account, try to use .\username when installutil prompts for the username and password.

The .\ stands for local machine.

Services require a fully qualified username (with domain), so when installing you need to be explicit about local user accounts.

Upvotes: 152

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