you could try running chfarm and adding that server to a new farm by itself and then readding it back to the existing farm, but leave the zone as default then if that lets you start the IMA svc, move it into the correct zone. This has worked for me in the past in similar situations. -----Original Message----- From: John Knightly [mailto:jknightly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 11:31 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] IMA service won't start I've tried running IMA with local admin, domain admin, checked registry rights, repaired the localhost cache, checked the ODBC--nothing will allow the service to start. Other servers in the farm are working fine MF XPa win2k sp3 BM_90595 Event Viewer... The Independent Management Architecture service terminated with service-specific error 2147483649. ----------------------------------------------------- Failed to load initial plugins with error IMA_RESULT_FAILURE --------------------------------------------------- Failed to load plugin ImaRuntimeSS.dll with error IMA_RESULT_FAILURE ------------------------------------------------------- Failed to load plugin ImaPsSs.dll with error IMA_RESULT_FAILURE ----------------------------------------------------- Failed to connect to the database with error. Error - IMA_RESULT_FILE_NOT_FOUND The ACCESS .mdb file is missing any ideas..this is a new server, so reinstalling metaframe is fine by me unless there is a quicker fix? Thank You, John Knightly Manager, Data Center Solutions 480-994-4171 x24 jknightly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx