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open services (control panel -&gt; administrative tools) select the service and click dependencies tab and see what it is dependent on
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open services (control panel -> administrative tools) select the service and click dependencies tab and see what it is dependent on

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I have a Windows 2012 R2 server and cannot start WWW. &nbsp;When attempting to start the service, I get an error message of &quot;Windows could not start the WWW publushing service on local computer&quot; - Error 1068 - the dependency service or group failed to start.
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I have a Windows 2012 R2 server and cannot start WWW.  When attempting to start the service, I get an error message of "Windows could not start the WWW publushing service on local computer" - Error 1068 - the dependency service or group failed to start.

Cannot start WWW Service

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