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sc lock is not working for me :(
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I have a server where the Service Control Manager database has been locked for several days. I've been doing some reading and it looks like it is supposed to lock/unlock when starting services, but unfortunately ours remained locked somehow.<br />
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From my research I've found that there is an unlock procedure using the U parameter, but I can't find syntax anywhere. The lock command is 'sc lock'. Does anyone know the unlock command? Can I harm anything by unlocking it after it has entered a frozen locked state?<br />
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Thanks in advance!
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I have a server where the Service Control Manager database has been locked for several days. I've been doing some reading and it looks like it is supposed to lock/unlock when starting services, but unfortunately ours remained locked somehow.

From my research I've found that there is an unlock procedure using the U parameter, but I can't find syntax anywhere. The lock command is 'sc lock'. Does anyone know the unlock command? Can I harm anything by unlocking it after it has entered a frozen locked state?

Thanks in advance!

Service Control Manager - Database is locked, I need to unlock it

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).