Hi there, Sorry for posting randomly, actually i didnt know where to put this question Actually iam trying to create windows service of some repeating tasks from a batch file (using SC Command). when i run that batch file all the tasks finishes successfully but when i start that service it gives me Error 1053: the service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion. then i created a simple batch file that is calling calc.exe from system32 and created service. the same result. Batch File (calc.bat) cd windows cd system32 calc.exe SC Commandlet SC create calc binpath= D:\calc.bat start= auto DisplayName= Calculator obj= domain\user password= password please let me know what iam doing wrong here iam using domain Admin user, so there shoudnt be the Privileges issue i guess Virgo

That will not work. The binPath should point to a windows service executable since it must communicate with the service control manager. There are some solutions, "wrappers" which you can use to run your batch file.Csaba