INFO: Service Control Manager Records Event ID 7023 In the System Log (133010)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows XP
This article was previously published under Q133010

SUMMARY

The Service Control Manager records an event id 7023 into the system log when a service calls the SetServiceStatus API with the SERVICE_STATUS structure initialized in the following manner: the dwCurrentState member is equal to SERVICE_STOPPED and dwWin32ExitCode member is not equal to zero.

The following entry is written into the system log: 
Event ID    = 7023
Source      = Service Control Manager
Type        = Error
Description = <name of your service> terminated with the following error:
              <description of the error>
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:4/13/2004
Keywords:kbEventLog kbinfo kbKernBase kbSCM kbService KB133010
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