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Service stuck in "Starting" state.

Brent Jackson 5 Reputation points
2025-03-12T17:08:11.0666667+00:00

Hello,

This is actually for Windows Server 2025. I have a service that is not starting. It is stuck in a "starting" state. Rebooting does not fix it. Tried to disable the service but it remains in a "starting" state. Tried to do a selective startup with the service disabled. It still shows it to be in a "starting" state. Have tried to uninstall the product, but the uninstall hangs and eventually times out.

The service in question is the Quickbooks Database Manager. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

BD

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  1. David Membreño-Navarrete 10 Reputation points
    2025-03-14T18:49:24.62+00:00

    We are having the same issue with a PostGreSQL service that is also stuck in a "Starting" state.
    Power cycling the server did not clear the error. Neither did setting it to Manual. We thought a WIndows Upgrade might have caused the issue and so we Uninstalled KB5053598 and it temporarily fixed the issue and resurfaced a couple days later.
    Called into Microsoft and they did not provide any support. This is a brand new expensive piece of
    software, you would think that there was support for this.

    1 person found this answer helpful.

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