Windows 2016 The Software Protection service terminated

Hussain, Muzzammil 31 Reputation points
2022-12-13T11:14:53.987+00:00

Hi,

Can someone please help me to fix the following errors on Windows 2016 workgroup server, the server has been patched to the latest level :-

The Software Protection service terminated with the following error:
Access is denied.
1001
The Software Protection service failed to start. 0x80070005
10. 0.14393.5006

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-12-14T03:38:38.507+00:00

    Hi @Hussain, Muzzammil ,

    I found a thread of the similar issue here
    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ie/en-US/6119d4c0-c3c0-40bf-9c3e-46b46915e738/service-not-start-access-denied-software-protection-event-logs

    Please run the following commands in an elevated cmd and see if this helps.

    icacls %windir%\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareProtectionPlatform /grant "BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)(F)" "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)(F)" "NT Service\sppsvc:(OI)(CI)(R,W,D)" "NETWORK SERVICE:(OI)(CI)(F)"  
    net stop sppsvc && net start sppsvc   
    

    Best Regards,
    Ian Xue

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