>>In the Properties of the service, on the Log On tab, what type of account is it set to? If it's not a Local System account, have you provided a valid account name and password?
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>In the list of services, on the "Log on as" column, one service is set as Local Service and the other as Local System. Both cannot start.
SWAG - do your services depend on any other services, that may not have started yet at boot?
What is different, either in how you start manually vs. automatic, or in the environment for those two different cases?
Regards. Al
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