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Verified diagnostic signature

Windows Service Control Manager could not start or keep the service running.

Match output from windows-service-control, understand the likely cause, then continue with sourced, read-only checks.

Confidence
high
Platforms
windows
Verified
2026-07-24
Recognized output

Signature matched locally

The dependency service or group failed to start

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Likely causes

What usually produces this signal

  1. Application crash
  2. Startup timeout
  3. Dependency failure
  4. Account or configuration problem
Safe next checks

Collect evidence before changing the system

01

List running Windows services

Get-Service | Where-Object Status -eq 'Running'

The output matches the expected target and exits without an error.

02

List stopped Windows services

Get-Service | Where-Object Status -eq 'Stopped'

The output matches the expected target and exits without an error.

03

Show the latest Windows system errors

Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{LogName='System'; Level=2} -MaxEvents 20

The output matches the expected target and exits without an error.