Re: fxssvc.exe stopping

Maybe an SP2 problem? Others with similar problem have found setting
Fax service to Manual Start fixes it.

Otherwise maybe a firewall issue?

John A

>No Go...
>
>Re installed the Modem driver and rebooted, ran services.msc and found
>fxssvc.exe in state "stopping", it is STUCK and can not be stopped or started
>from this state, if I KILL the process in task mgr then I am able to start
>fxssvc.exe in services.msc and all is well (usually) untill next reboot.
>
>This is the pattern, reboot and something is interfering with fxssvc.exe...
>
>
>
>"John A" wrote:
>
>> Try reinstalling/updating your modem driver
>>
>> John A
>>
>> On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 22:15:02 -0700, "Dsebring"
>> <Dsebring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >This has started happening for the last several months after working fine for
>> >over a year.
>> >
>> >I go to send a fax and the dialog locks up, I check fxssvc.exe in services
>> >and find it says "Stopping" but it is hung, and will not stop or start.
>> >
>> >If I kill the fxssvc.exe task and start the service it will work.
>> >
>> >But I am getting tired of having to do this everyday sometimes more than
>> >once a day, I have uninstalled & reinstalled Fax several times.
>> >
>> >PLEASE do not advise me to look at the "Trouble shooting sending & recieving
>> >faxs in Winows XP" base article. It has nothing about this issue.
>>
>>

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