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Old 04-16-2008
kevpan815
 

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RE: Problem with a Service that Fails to Start (Bonjour Service)
You Might Want 2 Contact Apple About That Problem As That Is A Service That
Comes With Apple's Safari Web Browser 4 Windows, And Is Not A Microsoft
Windows Service Or Problem, Also Just FYI.

"Stéphane Bergeron" wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I use Vista Ultimate 64.
>
> For the past few weeks I've been having an issue with an Apple made
> service called "Bonjour Service". That service is used in several pieces
> of software including iTunes (which I do not use) but also some Adobe
> applications (Version Cue for example) and the font management utility I
> use which is Extensis Suitcase 11.0.1 for Windows.
>
> Both Version Cue and Suitcase depend on the Bonjour Service to work and
> I have had no issues with it for months but recently, the Bonjour
> Service stopped working and would not start anymore. It now gives this
> error message when trying to start it:
>
> "('Bonjour Service' failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient
> privileges to start system services."
>
> My user account is an admin account so privileges is not an issue. I had
> made no changes to my system myself before the Bonjour service began to
> "refuse" starting but I remember that I installed a few Windows updates
> a couple days prior. My machine is always on and I don't re-boot everyday.
>
> So I was wondering if anyone has heard of the issue and knows how I
> might fix it or if anyone can give me pointers on how I my start trouble
> shooting this and find what started preventing the Bonjour Service from
> starting. FWIW, the Windows Firewall is already off and turning off my
> anti-virus doesn't help (Eset NOD32).
>
> Thanks very much in advance for any help anyone can provide.
>
> Stéphane Bergeron
>

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