Article ID: 256299 - Last Review: February 28, 2007 - Revision: 3.3 "Access Denied" Error Message When Trying to Start a Service in Windows 2000This article was previously published under Q256299 NoticeThis article applies to Windows 2000. Support for Windows 2000 ends on July 13, 2010. The Windows 2000 End-of-Lifecycle Solution Center (http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=http%3a%2f%2fsupport.microsoft.com%2fwin2000) is a starting point for planning your migration strategy from Windows 2000. For more information see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy (http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/) .SYMPTOMS
After you configure a group policy to set permissions on a service, the service in Control Panel may not function properly. If you try to open the service properties, you may receive the following error message:
Unable to open service DNS Server for reading on Local Computer. Error 5: Access is Denied.
System Error 5 has occurred Access is Denied CAUSE
This behavior occurs because you need the following permissions to open the properties of a service, and to stop, start, or pause a service:
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, reapply the policy and give the user the correct permissions.
For additional information about how to apply a system service security policy correctly, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 256345
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256345/EN-US/
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Configuring Group Policies to Set Security for System Services
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000.
MORE INFORMATION
When you add a user through Group Policy Editor in the System Service Security Policy, the default permissions are start, stop, and pause.
If you are unable to change permissions through a policy because the policy is not applied, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article: 257247
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257247/EN-US/
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Policy Changing System Service Permissions Does Not Apply
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