Windows service requests reboot some servers

[sbarrack]

i am not quite sure where to start debugging this problem.

i have written a windows service in vb.net. it is like many i have written before, but this one is behaving differently.

when installed on a 3rd server, the server prompted for a system restart. it did not make such a request on other servers.

i need to determine what my installation package is attempting to modify that would instigate a system restart. where do i start to look to figure this out?

thanks.

[wild_bill]

In the service explorer find your service, right click it, and choose properties. In the properties window click the recovery tab.

[sbarrack]

thanks wild bill for your reply.

that tab allows me to control what my service does in the event on an error.

what i need to determine is why my server, at the last dialog of my service installation, prompted for a reboot. my installation package must of requested a change somewhere, a registry change, another module startup, a registration, something. i am sure it could be many reasons. how might i determine which?

[wild_bill]

An install log gets created. You could compare it against the logs of your other servers.

[sbarrack]

thanks wild bill!

that is exactally the kind of help i am looking for.

where might i find such an installation log?

[wild_bill]

If you are using installutil to install the service, a file named yourfilename.installlog in the directory you ran the utility

[sbarrack]

on my local development workstation, i installed the service by right-clicking on my setup project from within visual studio and selecting install. there was no install log created. is there a parameter or setting somewhere than i need to enable?

i do not have access to the other servers, which used my setup package. i do not know if log files were created there.

[wild_bill]

I would do a search for *.installlog to see if one was created. If one was not created, ask the end user to install via installutil. Here are directions http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/show/3441/3/