Then is sounds like what I was talking about. I've never built a service in VFP and I don't have your code, so I can't give you any more advice.

>This:
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>Timeout (30000 milliseconds) waiting for the EMPS service to connect.
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>For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
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>This this:
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>The EMPS service failed to start due to the following error:
>The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
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>For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
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