>>>>Check the events viewer
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>>>Can I get some more information? I don't see an Events Viewer directly associated with Foxpro, and most other references seem to be general to 3rd-party products.
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>>The events viewer is part of the Windows OS. Try Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer
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>Found it, but I don't see anything in the log that seems relevent to why the service would not stop. Do you know what he might have been trying to get me to see?

The Events Viewer will list errors or other information messages related to the OS environment. I think he was suggesting a review of the log files in the Event Viewer to see if anything obvious was being mentioned related to the problem.

Also, go Administrative Tools - > Services. Go to the service in question. right click and go to Properties. Check the Log On tab. What user is the service logging on with? Also check the dependencies tab. Is this service dependent on any other service? Are there other services that may depend on this service?