Microsoft KB Archive/147705

= XADM: Troubleshooting the System Attendant Service =

Article ID: 147705

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q147705



SUMMARY
You can start the Microsoft Exchange Server System Attendant service, MSExchangeSA, from Control Panel, Services, or from Server Manager, Services, or by typing net start msexchangesa from the command prompt.



MORE INFORMATION
Steps to troubleshoot a System Attendant service startup problem:  The System Attendant service depends on the following services:

EventLog

OLE

NtLmSsp

RPCLocator

RPCSS

LanmanWorkstation

LanmanServer

Verify that all the dependency services have started. Check that the service account used to start the System Attendant and other services is a member of the Administrators group on the Exchange Server computer. Pviewer.exe is a tool that comes with the Microsoft Windows NT Resource Kit. This tool can be used to check System Attendant activity. In Pviewer.exe, look for Mad, which is the System Attendant executable. Check the event log and filter using source MSEXCHANGESA to determine more information.

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Keywords: kbenv kbinfo KB147705

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