Hello, Every time I restart my SharePoint server the following services don’t start (even when they are set to automatic). - Office SharePoint Server Search - Log On as domain\ SharePointActiveDirectoryAcct - Office SharePoint Services Search - Log On as domain\ SharePointActiveDirectoryAcct - Office SharePoint Services Timer - Log On as domain\ SharePointActiveDirectoryAcct Maybe they should be setup as Local Service or Local System…not sure. After I restart the server I login using my own AD account and not as SharePointActiveDirectoryAcct t, I open the Services list and when I try to restart the services mentioned above I get error message. When I open the properties for each service and retype the password for SharePointActiveDirectoryAcct I am able to start the service. Since the services are using the SharePointActiveDirectoryAcct should I be only logging to SharePoint Server using the same account? Thanks in advance for the help. Thanks, B

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After I restart the server I go into Services and when click to restart the services mentioned above I get "Could not start the windows sharepoint services (Name) service on local computer. Error 1069 the service did not start due to logon failure". After I open the properties and retype the password for SharePointActiveDirectoryAcct I am able to start the service. I checked the Event Viewer>System and have the following events Source: Service Control Manager Event ID: 7041 The OSearch service was unable to log on as domain\SharePointActiveDirectoryAcct with the currently configured password due to the following error: Logon failure: the user has not been granted the requested logon type at this computer. Service: OSearch Domain and account: domain\SharePointActiveDirectoryAcct This service account does not have the necessary user right "Log on as a service." User Action Assign "Log on as a service" to the service account on this computer. You can use Local Security Settings (Secpol.msc) to do this. If this computer is a node in a cluster, check that this user right is assigned to the Cluster service account on all nodes in the cluster. If you have already assigned this user right to the service account, and the user right appears to be removed, a Group Policy object associated with this node might be removing the right. Check with your domain administrator to find out if this is happening. ------------------------------- Source: Service Control Manager Event ID: 7000 The Office SharePoint Server Search service failed to start due to the following error: The service did not start due to a logon failure. ------------------------------- Source: Service Control Manager Event ID: 7041 The SPSearch service was unable to log on as domain\SharePointActiveDirectoryAcct with the currently configured password due to the following error: Logon failure: the user has not been granted the requested logon type at this computer. Service: SPSearch Domain and account: domain\SharePointActiveDirectoryAcct This service account does not have the necessary user right "Log on as a service." User Action Assign "Log on as a service" to the service account on this computer. You can use Local Security Settings (Secpol.msc) to do this. If this computer is a node in a cluster, check that this user right is assigned to the Cluster service account on all nodes in the cluster. If you have already assigned this user right to the service account, and the user right appears to be removed, a Group Policy object associated with this node might be removing the right. Check with your domain administrator to find out if this is happening. --------------------------------------------------------- Source: Service Control Manager Event ID: 7000 The Windows SharePoint Services Search service failed to start due to the following error: The service did not start due to a logon failure. --------------------------------- Source: Service Control Manager Event ID: 7000 The Windows SharePoint Services Timer service failed to start due to the following error: The service did not start due to a logon failure. The first error indicates that “Assign "Log on as a service" to the service account on this computer. You can use Local Security Settings”, but when I open Secpol.msc there is no option to add the SharePointActiveDirectoryAcct. This account has the password set to not expire and is member of the administrator group on the SharePoint Server. Thanks, B

Ok do the following Log on to the computer as administrator or as a member of the Administrators group. Start the Local Computer Policy snap-in. [Go to Run and type gpedit.msc & Click OK] Expand Local Computer Policy, expand Computer Configuration, expand Windows Settings, and then expand Security Settings. Expand Local Policies, and then click User Rights Assignment. In the right pane, right-click Log on as a service, and then click Properties. Click Add User or Group, add the domain\SharePointActiveDirectoryAcct to the policy, and then click OK twice. Close the Local Computer Policy snap-in. Restart the computer, the SharePoint Services should start automatically now. Hope that helps... -Mukesh

Ok do the following Log on to the computer as administrator or as a member of the Administrators group. Start the Local Computer Policy snap-in. [Go to Run and type gpedit.msc & Click OK] Expand Local Computer Policy, expand Computer Configuration, expand Windows Settings, and then expand Security Settings. Expand Local Policies, and then click User Rights Assignment. In the right pane, right-click Log on as a service, and then click Properties. Click Add User or Group, add the domain\SharePointActiveDirectoryAcct to the policy, and then click OK twice. Close the Local Computer Policy snap-in. Restart the computer, the SharePoint Services should start automatically now. Hope that helps... -Mukesh I thought I had this issue fixed but I was wrong. I tried your step but I am not able to add or remove a user from the Log on as a service even if I login as a user with admin rights or as administrator. The Office SharePoint Services Timer keeps stopping and the only way for me to restarting is by retyping the password for active directory account that is listed in the log on tab within the service.