Q257906: Unable to Stop the Cluster Server Service

Article: Q257906
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg kbtool
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use Cluster Administrator to stop the Cluster Server service on a
server that is running Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS), you may receive the
following error message:

  An error occurred attempting to stop the cluster service on node X. A stop
  control has been sent to a service which other running services are dependent
  on.
  Error ID 1051 (0000041b)

CAUSE
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This problem occurs if you have other services that are dependent on the Cluster
Server service running on the cluster server.

RESOLUTION
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To work around this problem, use Server Manager or Service Control Manager to
stop the Cluster Server service.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that
are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbtool 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTSEntSearch kbWinNTSEnt400 kbWinNTS400search
Version           : :4.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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