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by milky

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Hello

My question is, some of the winnt workstation boxes get an error "one of services has failed to start... bla bla".
When I got to check in the logs it says that the SMNT40 servise has failed to start. I tried to go to devices and starting it manually but I get a message Error0031: A device attached to the system is not functioning.

What could me the problem, if my memory serves me right the SMNT40 has something to do with mail protocol, I could be wrong though

Please help

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by qultptry

Used to get this quite frequently. Believe it or not it has to do with the service pack and when the nic was configured relative to the SP. Install NT WS with SP 1 let's say, then you configure nic, then you install SP 6A. ALl should be OK, however if you install NT, install service PAk, then configure NIC you will get services failing to start, because the SP overwrites some of the system files, but not others, causing failure with some. Try install at base, configure nic and system, install SP 6A, see what happens. This has worked everytime for me. The problem I face most often is when a PC comes in with an OEM installation and 6. already installed, I wind up re-stalling from scratch to get rid of service failure starts in numerous areas. Good LUCK!

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