Yep that's what I was going to ask. "Logon as a batch job" used to also be required I think (but maybe that's for the Oracle Agent...) Chris Taylor "Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort." -- John Ruskin (English Writer 1819-1900) Any views and/or opinions expressed herein are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Ingram Industries, its affiliates, its subsidiaries or its employees. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Igor Neyman Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 11:43 AM To: patrick.roozen@xxxxxxxxx Cc: Allen, Brandon; wbfergus@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l Subject: Re: Windows 2008 and run database service as a different user then the "Local System" account, database will not start via service Does this user have "Log on as a service" right (under "Local Policies"/"User Rights Assignments")? Regards, Igor Neyman On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Patrick Roozen <patrick.roozen@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Bill, Brandon, > > Yes we did both the actions you both describe (they are in the > metalink note I believe), but that is not enough for Windows 2008 R2. > > Thanks for your time and suggestions anyway, > > Patrick > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Allen, Brandon > <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Did you add the domain user to the ORA_DBA group on the local machine? > > > > Regards, > > Brandon > > > > ________________________________ > > > > Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message > > or > attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer > do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, > conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate > to the official business of this company shall be understood as > neither given nor endorsed by it. > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l