Hi,
We are using a .Net window service to create Customized Microsoft Project Plan 2000 through our application.
1)When the users trying to create the MPP , Windows service "WinserviceMPP.exe" is invoked to create it programatically.

2)" WinserviceMPP” windows service internally calls “Winproj.exe” to do the operations on the Microsoft Project Plan.

3)The process of Instantiation and stopping the above mentioned services will be done programmatically by the application.

4)In normal scenario the process is working fine and MPP can be generated without any issues.

5)But, in certain scenarios Creation of MPP is not happening properly.

6)When we verified in the Windows event Log, the error message is logged as “Failed to Stop Service”. These type of scenarios are coming continuously, and users are facing problems in creating the MPP.

7) When the system is failed to stopping the service, we are manually killing the service i.e stopping the service in task manager. As soon as we killed the service, MPP is creating with proper data. This means system is unable to stop the service.

8)These type of “Failed to stop service” errors coming randomly and when manually stopping the “Winproj.exe” service MPP is creating successfully.

Whether this problem is because of the windows 2003 server memory.Becasue recently we installed symantec end point protection as Anti virus.


We are using the MPP creation through window service since 2004.Till then we didn't face this type of problem.
In one of the site i read that "It consumes a lot of memory and CPU resources - this is 'symantec end point protection' main disadvantage".So while stopping the windows service through program, becasue of insuffient memory-- system is not able to stop the process.Some times the stopping of the service is working absolutely well.