Can't start Software Licensing Service on Server 2008

Hi,

First of all apologies if this is in the wrong place.

I have had had a good trawl around the net and tried the usual fixes but
nothing has helped.

I have been building a Server 2008 Standard 32bit SP2 Domain Controller. It
was activated and working fine until this Monday when it started complaining
that an unauthorised change was made to Windows.

The error in that message is:

Error:0xC0000022
Description:
(Access Denied)
A program has requested access to an object, but has not been granted those
access rights,



After digging into this it became clear the Software Licensing service
wouldn't start:

(cmd output)

net start slsvc
The Software Licensing service is starting.
The Software Licensing service could not be started.

A system error has occurred.

System error 2 has occurred.

The system cannot find the file specified.




I've looked at the announcement on this forum
(http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/e...evista/threads > Fix for
‘Software Licensing service Has Stopped’ on some Vista 64bit systems) but the
registry entry for the service is ok. I have tried updating the registry with
the entries in the forum announcement anyway but to no avail.

I have rebooted several times and in safe mode but I can't get the service
started.



I have used System File Checker but it finds no error.



I have tried unchecking the read only bit on the System32 folder as I read
that would help but it hasn’t resolved it.



I have tried renaming
C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\ Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareLicensing\tokens.dat but that has not helped.


I have tried using slmgr.vbs but I get an accessed enied error anytime I try
to run it.



Here is a diagnostic report from Microsoft Genuine Advantage Diagnostic Tool
(sorry it's quite long).


Diagnostic Report (1.9.0011.0):
-----------------------------------------
WGA Data-->
Validation Status: Genuine
Validation Code: 0

Cached Validation Code: N/A, hr = 0x80070426
Windows Product Key: N/A, hr=0x80070005
Windows Product Key Hash: N/A, hr=0x80070005
Windows Product ID: 55041-339-8706905-76255
Windows Product ID Type: 7
Windows License Type: Volume KMS Server
Windows OS version: 6.0.6002.2.00020110.2.0.007
ID: {E9CCB6D8-7A6B-4FC6-85B5-DC4D8F8B86FE}(3)
Is Admin: Yes
TestCab: 0x0
WGA Version: Registered, 1.9.9.1
Signed By: Microsoft
Product Name: Windows Server (R) 2008 Standard
Architecture: 0x00000000
Build lab: 6002.lh_sp2rtm.090410-1830
TTS Error: M:20090929095814359-
Validation Diagnostic:
Resolution Status: N/A

WgaER Data-->
ThreatID(s): N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

WGA Notifications Data-->
Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
File Exists: No
Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
WgaTray.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
WgaLogon.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

OGA Notifications Data-->
Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
OGAExec.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
OGAAddin.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

OGA Data-->
Office Status: 100 Genuine
Microsoft Office Access Runtime (English) 2007 - 121
OGA Version: N/A, 0x80070002
Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Office Diagnostics:
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Browser Data-->
Proxy settings: N/A
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Win32)
Default Browser: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt
Download unsigned ActiveX controls: Disabled
Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins: Allowed
Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe: Disabled
Allow scripting of Internet Explorer Webbrowser control: Disabled
Active scripting: Allowed
Script ActiveX controls marked as safe for scripting: Allowed

File Scan Data-->

Other data-->
Office Details:
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Software International,
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Standard
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Office Access Runtime (English)
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Spsys.log Content:
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Licensing Data-->
Software Licensing service is not running.

HWID Data-->
HWID Hash Current:
MAAAAAEAAgABAAEAAgABAAAAAQABAAEAJJQ8uPL9rHDixwKhYh qUfv6szuMOxJbF

OEM Activation 1.0 Data-->
N/A

OEM Activation 2.0 Data-->
BIOS valid for OA 2.0: yes, but no SLIC table
Windows marker version: N/A
OEMID and OEMTableID Consistent: N/A
BIOS Information:
ACPI Table Name OEMID Value OEMTableID Value
APIC GBT AWRDACPI
FACP GBT AWRDACPI


Has anyone got any ideas about this?



I'm wondering what the 'The system cannot find the file specified' message
means. The service has a path to the exe as C:\Windows\system32\SLsvc.exe
which is the correct path. so I can't see how that can be the file it can't
find.



Does anyone have a definitive list of the files / registry entries that
SLsvc needs?



I really could do with a way of getting the service to start without having
to complete rebuild the system.