Re: [Openvpn-users] Windows openvpnservice (openvpnserv2) starting of its own accord ?

[debbie10t <deb...@gm...>]

On 20/02/17 22:04, Selva Nair wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 4:50 PM, debbie10t <deb...@gm...> wrote:
>
>>
>>> Use msconfig to disable startup processes and/or services to isolate the
>>> what causes this. You will have to reboot several times using a bisecting
>>> approach -- disable half of the start up items, then quarter etc and the
>>> same for services... Powershell gurus may be able to automate this...
>>>
>>
>> 1st step i elected was to set openvpn Ineractive service to manual
>> along with *all* openvpn services set to manual.  Then stop all those
>> services and reboot.
>>
>> Result upon reboot openvpnserv2 *is* started while other openvpn services
>> are not. The openvpn log shows that it is started not continued.
>>
>
> Any service set to depend on openvpnservice?
>
> sc enumdepend openvpnservice
>

[SC] EnumDependentServices: entriesread = 0



>>
>> I expect this will turn out to have nothing to do with openvpn but ..
>>
>> I will try the bisect approach, thanks
>
>
> Bisect is going to be painful and wont catch complex dependencies like if a
> and b are started then start the service. But I've no better suggestions.
>

Looks like my choices are quite limited ..
I've done similar before, just this time i'm a bit out of practice
I'll post relevant questions on the end of the thread
Or a solution .. if I work out what it is !

thanks for your help :)