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How do you stop Sysmon64.exe so that the program can be uninstalled / upgraded
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Clint D'Souza
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We have an issue with Sysmon 15.12 causing Windows Server 2022 VM's (ESX 7) to unexpectedly reboot. Microsoft Unified Support informed us to upgrade to Sysmon 15.14 however I am unable to stop the service despite having highest priveledges.
What is the correct way to stop the service?
Sysmon64.exe -u
System Monitor v15.12 - System activity monitor
By Mark Russinovich and Thomas Garnier
Copyright (C) 2014-2023 Microsoft Corporation
Using libxml2. libxml2 is Copyright (C) 1998-2012 Daniel Veillard. All Rights Reserved.
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Stopping Sysmon64.
Sysmon64 failed to stop.
DeleteService failed:
Access is denied.
Stopping the service failed:
The service cannot accept control messages at this time.
DeleteService failed:
The specified service has been marked for deletion.
Removing service files...............................
Failed to delete C:\Windows\Sysmon64.exe
Failed to delete SysmonDrv.sys
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