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Problem with a Service that Fails to Start (Bonjour Service)
  1. #1


    Stéphane Bergeron Guest

    Problem with a Service that Fails to Start (Bonjour Service)

    Hi everyone,

    I use Vista Ultimate 64.



    For the past few weeks I've been having an issue with an Apple made
    service called "Bonjour Service". That service is used in several pieces
    of software including iTunes (which I do not use) but also some Adobe
    applications (Version Cue for example) and the font management utility I
    use which is Extensis Suitcase 11.0.1 for Windows.

    Both Version Cue and Suitcase depend on the Bonjour Service to work and
    I have had no issues with it for months but recently, the Bonjour
    Service stopped working and would not start anymore. It now gives this
    error message when trying to start it:

    "('Bonjour Service' failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient
    privileges to start system services."

    My user account is an admin account so privileges is not an issue. I had
    made no changes to my system myself before the Bonjour service began to
    "refuse" starting but I remember that I installed a few Windows updates
    a couple days prior. My machine is always on and I don't re-boot everyday.

    So I was wondering if anyone has heard of the issue and knows how I
    might fix it or if anyone can give me pointers on how I my start trouble
    shooting this and find what started preventing the Bonjour Service from
    starting. FWIW, the Windows Firewall is already off and turning off my
    anti-virus doesn't help (Eset NOD32).

    Thanks very much in advance for any help anyone can provide.

    Stéphane Bergeron

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  2. #2


    Cameron Snyder Guest

    Re: Problem with a Service that Fails to Start (Bonjour Service)

    Bonjour is an iTunes service. Uninstall and then reinstall iTunes.

    "thadiusj422" <johnbarry422@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:thadiusj422.3cemmp@xxxxxx-mx.tabletquestions.com...

    >
    > Has anyone found a solution to this problem?? I do believe the issue
    > is that the source file "mDNSResponder.exe" is missing...... Any
    > Help????
    >
    >
    > --
    > thadiusj422

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  3. #3


    Colin Barnhorst Guest

    Re: Problem with a Service that Fails to Start (Bonjour Service)

    "thadiusj422" <johnbarry422@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:thadiusj422.3ceo13@xxxxxx-mx.tabletquestions.com...

    >
    > Has anyone found a solution to this problem. I believe the issue that I
    > am having is that the source file to start Bonjour "mDNSResponder.exe"
    > is missing...... Any Suggestions??
    >
    >
    > --
    > thadiusj422
    What is Apple telling you about this? Have you at least tried what Cameron
    told you already?


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