Windows service fails to start with custom user until started once with local user

Question

All of a sudden my Windows service application after installation does not start. (Some services stop automatically if they have no work to do.)

The service uses a custom user.  If I change the logon setting to use the local system account, the service starts fine.  Then when I go back and change the login setting to use this custom account (local user -> custom user under user group), the service will start.

Why doesn't it work in the first place?

Veton · Answer

In my case it was caused by user not having "Logon as a service permission" in computer policies, so after restart Windows will fail to start the service.

For more information, refer to this MSDN question

ta.speot.is · Answer

Is the user account disabled?
Does the user account have "User must change password at next logon" checked?
Does the user account have rights to run as a service?

Windows service fails to start with custom user until started once with local user

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