Unacceptable behavior from software protection service

I was using computer with windows 8.1 and everything shuts down and reboots. I look at system logs and it states System unexpectedly shut down. Also Computer was improperly shut down. I go to application and find entry Successfully scheduled
Software Protection service for restart at 2114-06-12T18:34:09Z. Reason Rules Engine. If user has administrative rights there should be override of this since it did not show an error state. Are they trying to make the OS less and Less useful?
I have a temperature sensor running and cpu was 60 degrees below max temperature.
PS last update broke my combo plug headset. System has forgotten how to set the single combo plug for input and output. I have a feeling it involves RealTek drivers again. It also affected Intel audio too.

Hi,
Many reasons could caused the computer shutdown expectedly.
Was this behavior regular?
Please check if there any schedule task is configured to carry out this operation.
Run this command:
schtasks /query /v /fo LIST
If there is no clue, perform a Clean Boot to see if there is any third-party software conflicts.
How to perform a clean boot in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
Karen Hu
TechNet Community Support

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Failed to schedule Software Protection service for re-start

Hi,
We're seeing an error in the event log and it seems that the permissions are okay. Also, drilled down to the task and got a popup message: Task SVCRestartTask: The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.
Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP
Date: 3/9/2015 6:21:28 PM
Event ID: 16385
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: server1
Description:
Failed to schedule Software Protection service for re-start at 2015-03-16T18:15:28Z. Error Code: 0x80041321.
Event Xml:

Hi Nostar,
It seems the scheduled task "SvcRestartTask" has been corrupted, and please try to replace this task and follow the steps below:
1. Export the "SvcRestartTask" task in task scheduler, and save this .xml file as "oldSvcRestartTask", this steps is used to backup the current task.
2. Delete the SvcRestartTask task under the path Microsoft|Windows|SoftwareProtectionPlatform in Task Scheduler .
3. Make sure the SvcRestartTask file was removed from C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\SoftwareProtectionPlatform folder.
4. Export the "SvcRestartTask" task from other running server with the same Operating System Version, and copy the exported .xml file to current Server with the name "SvcRestartTask".
5. Select the SoftwareProtectionPlatform branch of Task Scheduler (Task Scheduler > Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Windows > SoftwareProtectionPlatform). Right click on it and select "Import Task", and import the "SvcRestartTask.xml"
file.
6. Check the Evnet Viewer.
To export and import Task in task scheduler, please refer to these articles:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709661.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722156.aspx
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SRV2008R2 SP1: Software Protection Service failed to start. RDP not working

Hi folks,
I'm currently working on an issue on a Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V Host where RDP from one moment tio the other does not work anymore.
After an investigation I found that the Software Protection Service can't be started. The following events are recorded every few minutes:
Event ID: 1001 - The Software Protection service failed to start. 0x80070002. 6.1.7601.17514
Event ID: 7023 - The Software Protection service terminated with the following error: The system cannot find the file specified.
I searched and found a lot of possible solutions which are shortly listed below:
I have confirmed that the sppsvc.exe file exists and has the proper permissions. Also replaced the file with the same file from another 2008R2 server
Checked the spldr start value via HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\spldr. This is 0 which should be fine.
Checked the sppsvc paths and settings via HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\sppsvc. All are correct.
SFC /Scannow + CHKDSK /r
System restore is (off course) not available
Tried to reactivate the server by recording a different product key. Did not work.
Removed the last batch of Windows Updates that were pushed towards the host. We believed it was caused by this but since you don't always need a host but only the VM's hosted on it it was a while ago since we logged in.
Local firewall enabled and disabled. Also
Netstat does not show any listening ports for RDP (3389)
Changed the port to 3390 but this port is not visible as well
Also RDP from the affected machine to localhost does not work
Since I can't find any more options in fixing this issue I'm wondering if someone else has some ideas which I can try. Otherwise a reinstall needs to be done.
Hope to hear from you

Hi,
Based on your description, I noticed that you have tried lots of ways to solve this issue. On current situation,
would you please let me confirm more details?
Type services.msc in RUN to open Services. Then navigate to Software Protection service. If start it manually, what error message will get?
I’m not sure if RDP issue was caused by the Software Protection service. So, would you please let me know the complete error message when RDP didn’t work? Meanwhile, please
open Event Viewer and follow the path: Applications and Services Logs-> Microsoft-> Windows-> TerminalServices-LocalSessionManager and TerminalServices-RemoteConnectionManager. Please check if can find more clues. Those may help us to go further analyze
RDP issue.
Please
perform a clean boot and check if this issue still exists.
If any update, please feel free to let us know.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu

Continuous "The Software Protection service has completed licensing status check" messages

I have one client machine that gets these messages about 5 separate times when launching a Office 2010 application.
Event ID: 1003 The Software Protection service has completed licensing status check.
From what I've seen this relates to a KMS server activation. We do not use a KMS server, and have a valid MAK activation code that is used throughout the organization. It is valid and I've even used the Volume Activation Management Tool to reinstall the key
to the computer and make sure it is activated. I've also done a repair of office and had no luck. Any ideas?

Hi
Check if ospp service is on or off.
Win+Run --> services.msc --> (scroll down and locate OSPP service)
ref: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/officeversion_other-office_install/office-2010-multiple-event-id-1003/89ff02f8-8160-4e71-974f-9557bdd94cd8?page=2
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The Software Protection service entered the running state.

I noticed this event fire once in minute.
I can't see tree from leaves in System Log
Log Name:      System
Source:        Service Control Manager
Date:          18.10.2012 08:44:17
Event ID:      7036
Level:         Information
Keywords:      Classic
Description:
The Software Protection service entered the running state.
Only big before that is that, I enabled BitLocker ??
Some idea ?

Hello,
Has anything been found out about this? We're running into the same issue except that it's logging every 30 seconds.
Here's some info from the machines and when it's occurring:
It only occurs when someone is connected to the machine through Remote Desktop.
The machines are Amazon EC2 instances.
Seems to only happen on machines that are connecting to RODC's.
Machines have limited connection to RODC's through security groups (machine based firewalls).
They are Windows Server 2012 instances, small and medium instance types. (See instance type details here: http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/instance-details/)
Little or no extra software installed. These were spun up from a basic WS2012 image and it started occurring shortly after. There are other machines launched from the same image that do not have this issue.
There are also some other machines connecting to the same RODC's with the same security group (firewall) settings that are not experiencing this issue.
We are just using the standard Remote Desktop, not the 2012 Remote Desktop Services. We have tried to install this but the install always fails. See: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/3ab983ce-9290-49ec-81e6-a3adf34cb8b2/remote-desktop-services-failed-on-windows-2012-server-amazon-vpc-ec2
The machines (the ones having this issue as well as the ones that do not have it) all have the exact same Windows updates installed.
Here is the detail of the event:
NOTE: Every 30 seconds it logs this exact message - entered the RUNNING state. I do not see other messages stating it entered the Stopped state.
- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" />
<EventID Qualifiers="16384">7036</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-08-01T12:23:10.519607800Z" />
<EventRecordID>35726</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="520" ThreadID="588" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>REMOVED</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data Name="param1">Software Protection</Data>
<Data Name="param2">running</Data>
<Binary>7300700070007300760063002F0034000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>
Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks!
Jeff

Software Protection service at Windows Server 2012

Hello
I've faced the issue with Software Protection service. The service is not able to start from Task Scheduler. When I try to run it manually it fails to start to. I found the theoretical solution at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3033200 but it doesn't
work for me. I was mange to start the Software Protection service when I add a user NETWORK SERVICE with Full Control to the C:\Windows\System32 and I allow inheritence of subfolders and files. It would be the great news but our AD policy deletes the NETWORK
SERVICE and the issue occurs again causes for eg. issue with Windows Activation or installation of the Desktop Expirience feature. Is there any other soultion to fix it without adding the NETWORK SERVICE to the system32 directory?

Hi,
Thanks for your post.
What is the error when you try to start the service, access denied?
You could use ICACLS to reset permissions.
Similar thread has been discussed:
Service not start Access Denied, Software Protection, Event Logs,
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/6119d4c0-c3c0-40bf-9c3e-46b46915e738/service-not-start-access-denied-software-protection-event-logs?forum=winservergen
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Software Protection Service Failed to start - 0x80070005

Software Protection Service Failed to start - 0x80070005 in Windows 8.1 running on a HP Envy x360 Touch Smart. I need help. It seems this error is preventing me from installing Office 2013. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Hi,
You can also refer to this blog to troubleshoot this issue,
http://blogs.technet.com/b/odsupport/archive/2010/12/30/troubleshooting-office-installation-failures.aspx
find this part and check if it is helpful
"ERROR 1920
Error 1920. Service 'Office Software Protection Platform' (osppsvc) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services."
Yolanda Zhu
TechNet Community Support

Microsoft Office can't find your license for this application - multiple copies of Office 2013 x32 failing to start, Software Protection Service timing out

We're experiencing a growing problem with our users in several different domains running in to Microsoft Office 2013 x32 'activation' issues. We use KMS for licensing, which works properly, but some of the machines (~20-30 out of 1000+) sporadically
throw the following error:
'Microsoft Office can't find your license for this application. Microsoft Office will now exit.'
We know it's not an issue with the licenses per se, since they work on and off and we can force KMS activation correctly / talk to the KMS servers.
It appears to be an issue with the Software Protection service not starting properly. In Event Viewer, we see the following:
'Software protection service failed to start due to the following error- the service did not respond in a timely fashion.
Event 7000'
This is occurring on a variety of machines in a variety of environments, all fully patched with the latest Office updates. It's inconsistent, and the 'manually restart the Software Protection Service' solution is not viable as it's occurring on many
different workstations. Office repairs have also been unsuccessful.
Has anyone else come across this? Or have any idea why the Software Protection Service might be sporadically failing? Maybe an Office update in the last 2-3 months?
Thanks for any info.

We're experiencing a growing problem with our users in several different domains running in to Microsoft Office 2013 x32 'activation' issues. We use KMS for licensing, which works properly, but some of the machines (~20-30 out of 1000+) sporadically
throw the following error:
'Microsoft Office can't find your license for this application. Microsoft Office will now exit.'
We know it's not an issue with the licenses per se, since they work on and off and we can force KMS activation correctly / talk to the KMS servers.
It appears to be an issue with the Software Protection service not starting properly. In Event Viewer, we see the following:
'Software protection service failed to start due to the following error- the service did not respond in a timely fashion.
Event 7000'
This is occurring on a variety of machines in a variety of environments, all fully patched with the latest Office updates. It's inconsistent, and the 'manually restart the Software Protection Service' solution is not viable as it's occurring on many
different workstations. Office repairs have also been unsuccessful.
Has anyone else come across this? Or have any idea why the Software Protection Service might be sporadically failing? Maybe an Office update in the last 2-3 months?
Thanks for any info.

Excel Crashes every time Software Protection Service initialises.

Hello,
I was wondering if I could get some help. I have an issue whereby Excel 2013 seems to crash what seems like randomly, however when I look in the event log it seems to be every time the Software Protection Service initialises while Excel is running.
I have never seen this happen myself, as it's one of my clients machines, but can confirm each time he says it happens in the event viewer.
If you look in the event logs, you have events in this order:
Information 21/01/2015 08:41:25 Windows Error Reporting 1001 None
Error 21/01/2015 08:41:16 Application Error 1000 (100)
Information 21/01/2015 08:26:42 Office Software Protection Platform Service 903 None
Information 21/01/2015 08:24:09 gupdate 0 None
Information 21/01/2015 08:21:41 Office Software Protection Platform Service 1003 None
Information 21/01/2015 08:21:26 Office Software Protection Platform Service 1003 None
Information 21/01/2015 08:21:26 Office Software Protection Platform Service 902 None
Information 21/01/2015 08:21:26 Office Software Protection Platform Service 1066 None
Information 21/01/2015 08:21:26 Office Software Protection Platform Service 900 None
(apologies, I can't add screenshots until my account is verified)
As a test, I disabled Software Protection Service temporarily and this seemed to resolve the issue, until we reactivated windows and the service resumed it's duty.
The Application Error is
Faulting application name: EXCEL.EXE, version: 15.0.4675.1001, time stamp: 0x546b48ea
Faulting module name: EXCEL.EXE, version: 15.0.4675.1001, time stamp: 0x546b48ea
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x01048117
Faulting process id: 0x16dc
Faulting application start time: 0x01d0355348958758
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\EXCEL.EXE
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\EXCEL.EXE
Report Id: 43277be8-a149-11e4-a4e8-54cf862e3812
Windows Error Reporting
Fault bucket 723233751, type 17
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
Problem signature:
P1: EXCEL.EXE
P2: 15.0.4675.1001
P3: 546b48ea
P4: EXCEL.EXE
P5: 15.0.4675.1001
P6: 546b48ea
P7: c0000005
P8: 01048117
P9:
P10:
Attached files:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\166375830.cvr
C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Parts Front Counter Margin Review\Parts Front Counter Margin Review 2014 - 2015.xlsx
C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Parts Front Counter Margin Review\Daily Parts Front Counter Review - January 2015.xlsx
C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Service Hours Review\Daily Service Hours Review - January 2015.xlsx
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\CVRC0D2.tmp.cvr
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\WERB271.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
These files may be available here:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_EXCEL.EXE_b5544b4064a603f11dd95207c57fc6dc7418de9_2c0ad29d
Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: 43277be8-a149-11e4-a4e8-54cf862e3812
Report Status: 0
I have tried reinstalling Office, I have tried running with addons disabled. Does anyone have any ideas about what I can try next?
Thanks in advance for your time.
Kind Regards,
Jamie

Hi Jamie,
Does this only happen to Excel 2013? What about other Office applications?
Office Software Protection Platform Service is responsible for the verification of your Office licensce, please first check the activation status of your Office installation.
Since you've mentioned that "disabled Software Protection Service temporarily and this seemed to resolve the issue", I would also suggest we first try below steps and see if issue persists:
Go to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform and rename
tokens.dat to tokens.old.
Go to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform\Cache
and rename cache.dat to cache.old
Restart your computer, then launch excel and check again.
Please feel free to post back with any findings.
Regards,
Ethan Hua
TechNet Community Support
It's recommended to download and install
Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT), which is developed by Microsoft Support teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office
programs.

Software Protection service broken

Out of the blue today a Server 2012 R2 Standard became un-activated. When I try to activate it it says it cannot at this time. Looking at event viewer I see error 7000 and 7009 mentioning Software Protection as failing to start due to the following: The
service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion. Manually starting the service results in the same error 1053, service did not respond to the start or control request etc.
Rebooted multiple times, all windows updates installed, sfc scanned twice the system to no errors found etc. At this point I cannot find any cause for this problem and no solution ive implemented works. Anyone have any ideas?

Hi Nexworks,
Did you installed anti-virus software in the server ?
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OWSM Policy - how to access subject from within protected service

I am setting up a new instance of SOA Suite 11g for integration purposes at my organization. I am planning to use predefined WSM policies to protect the services (see http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12839_01/web.1111/b32511/policies.htm).
Most communication is server-to-server (e.g. HR sending data to CRM), so it would make sense to use something like X.509 (i.e. oracle/wss11_x509_token_with_message_protection_service_policy). However, I have a requirement that the underlying services (BPEL processes, for example), must know the subject (i.e. the server) that sent the message. For example, did this incoming message come from the HR system or the CRM system. This is used internally by the BPEL process for audit logs and other things.
We also use OAM, so I will likely eventually use the oracle/wss_oam_token_service_policy to verify ObssoCookie values. In those cases, the underlying Java service or BPEL process will need to have access to the username of the authenticated user.
I've searched and searched the documentation, and I cannot find any instructions about how to access details about the authenticated subject (such as username, roles, or X.509 properties) from within the protected service, whether it be a Java-based service, a BPEL process, or anything else.
I did find some information about how to read SOAP header values from within Oracle BPEL processes (see http://chintanblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/insertextract-soap-headers-in-bpel-it.html). However, this looks like it will only work if I use the WSS UsernameToken policy (e.g. oracle/wss_username_token_service_policy), since that is the only policy where the actual subject identifier (username) is specified in a SOAP header.
Do the other policies (X.509, SAML, and OAM) provide a mechanism to convey properties of the authenticated subject to the underlying service? If so, where is this documented? Thanks much!
Sincerely,
Nathan Kopp

Is it wrong question or wrong thing to do?
Let's make it a little bit easier/better/worse:
How can I change policy permissions at runtime?

How to Remove old updates from Software Update service

Running a 10.10.2 OS X Server and have a lot of old Update files I need to get rid of. I have followed instructions on...
Mac OS X Server 10.4 or later: Removing old updates from Software Update Server
...but getting this error...
No such file or directory
...when typing...
grep swupd /etc/swupd/com.apple.server.swupdate.plist > ~/Desktop/update_list.txt
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

I don't use Apple's own SUS software I use Reposado instead, however it is my understanding that the locations of files used by Apple's SUS software have been moved with Yosemite/Server 4.x.
Try looking in the following locations
/Library/Server/Software Update/Config/
/Library/Server/Software Update/Data/
/private/var/db/swupd/

Failed to schedule Software Protection service for re-start . Error Code: 0x80040154.

Any one ever get this error in the event Viewer? I think its some sort of permissions issue for a software installed. But I can't seam to figure it out.
Bizquick

Hi,
This is usually caused by corruption in the scheduled task.
Please post the detail event id in application event log.
Meanwhile, you could have a try the following solution:
Recreate the task:
Net stop SPPSVC
Rename or delete the 3 files
from C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\SoftwareProtectionPlatform
SvcRestartTask
SvcRestartTaskLogon
SvcRestartTaskNetwork
From another working machine copy the 3 files or extract the files from the
DVD\ISO \sources folder using the install.wim file as your source
Rename with .xml extension
Import into Task scheduler
Run net start sppsvc
Regards.
Vivian Wang

Failed to schedule Software Protection service for re-start at 2113-01-12T17:08:03Z. Error Code: 0x80041316 every few seconds.

Can anybody help with this.

for anyone looking for the xml files, and don't feel like downloading the 1.7gb AIK, then extracting the 3.3gb install.wim file to a folder by mounting with ImageX, then extracting the 3 files and adding the .xml extension, here you go:
SvcRestartTask:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Task version="1.4" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
<RegistrationInfo>
<Source>$(@%systemroot%\system32\sppc.dll,-200)</Source>
<Author>$(@%systemroot%\system32\sppc.dll,-200)</Author>
<Version>1.0</Version>
<Description>$(@%systemroot%\system32\sppc.dll,-201)</Description>
<URI>\Microsoft\Windows\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\SvcRestartTask</URI>
<SecurityDescriptor>D:P(A;;FA;;;SY)(A;;FA;;;BA)(A;;FA;;;S-1-5-80-123231216-2592883651-3715271367-3753151631-4175906628)(A;;FR;;;S-1-5-87-2912274048-3994893941-1669128114-1310430903-1263774323)</SecurityDescriptor>
</RegistrationInfo>
<Triggers>
<CalendarTrigger>
<StartBoundary>2013-08-23T14:50:01Z</StartBoundary>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<ScheduleByDay>
<DaysInterval>1</DaysInterval>
</ScheduleByDay>
</CalendarTrigger>
</Triggers>
<Principals>
<Principal id="NetworkService">
<UserId>S-1-5-20</UserId>
<RunLevel>LeastPrivilege</RunLevel>
</Principal>
</Principals>
<Settings>
<MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
<DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>false</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
<StopIfGoingOnBatteries>false</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
<AllowHardTerminate>false</AllowHardTerminate>
<StartWhenAvailable>true</StartWhenAvailable>
<RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>
<IdleSettings>
<StopOnIdleEnd>true</StopOnIdleEnd>
<RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>
</IdleSettings>
<AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<Hidden>true</Hidden>
<RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>
<DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>false</DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>
<UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>true</UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>
<WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>
<ExecutionTimeLimit>PT0S</ExecutionTimeLimit>
<Priority>7</Priority>
<RestartOnFailure>
<Interval>PT1M</Interval>
<Count>3</Count>
</RestartOnFailure>
</Settings>
<Actions Context="NetworkService">
<ComHandler>
<ClassId>{B1AEBB5D-EAD9-4476-B375-9C3ED9F32AFC}</ClassId>
<Data><![CDATA[timer]]></Data>
</ComHandler>
</Actions>
</Task>
SvcRestartTaskLogon:
<Task xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
<RegistrationInfo>
<URI>\Microsoft\Windows\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\SvcRestartTaskLogon</URI>
<SecurityDescriptor>D:P(A;;FA;;;SY)(A;;FA;;;BA)(A;;FRFW;;;S-1-5-80-123231216-2592883651-3715271367-3753151631-4175906628)(A;;FR;;;S-1-5-4)</SecurityDescriptor>
<Version>1.0</Version>
<Source>$(@%systemroot%\system32\sppc.dll,-200)</Source>
<Author>$(@%systemroot%\system32\sppc.dll,-200)</Author>
<Description>$(@%systemroot%\system32\sppc.dll,-202)</Description>
</RegistrationInfo>
<Triggers>
<LogonTrigger>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
</LogonTrigger>
</Triggers>
<Principals>
<Principal id="InteractiveUser">
<GroupId>S-1-5-4</GroupId>
</Principal>
</Principals>
<Settings>
<MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
<DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>false</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
<StopIfGoingOnBatteries>false</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
<AllowHardTerminate>false</AllowHardTerminate>
<RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>
<AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<Hidden>true</Hidden>
<RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>
<DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>false</DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>
<UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>true</UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>
<WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>
<ExecutionTimeLimit>PT0S</ExecutionTimeLimit>
<Priority>7</Priority>
<RestartOnFailure>
<Interval>PT1M</Interval>
<Count>3</Count>
</RestartOnFailure>
</Settings>
<Actions Context="InteractiveUser">
<ComHandler>
<ClassId>{b1aebb5d-ead9-4476-b375-9c3ed9f32afc}</ClassId>
<Data>logon</Data>
</ComHandler>
</Actions>
</Task>
SvcRestartTaskNetwork:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Task version="1.4" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
<RegistrationInfo>
<URI>\Microsoft\Windows\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\SvcRestartTaskNetwork</URI>
<SecurityDescriptor>D:P(A;;FA;;;SY)(A;;FA;;;BA)(A;;FRFW;;;S-1-5-80-123231216-2592883651-3715271367-3753151631-4175906628)(A;;FR;;;S-1-5-87-431836887-2321537645-4075769387-3393595759-2187231311)</SecurityDescriptor>
<Version>1.0</Version>
<Source>$(@%systemroot%\system32\sppc.dll,-200)</Source>
<Author>$(@%systemroot%\system32\sppc.dll,-200)</Author>
<Description>$(@%systemroot%\system32\sppc.dll,-203)</Description>
</RegistrationInfo>
<Triggers>
<EventTrigger>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<Subscription><QueryList><Query Id="0" Path="Microsoft-Windows-NetworkProfile/Operational"><Select Path="Microsoft-Windows-NetworkProfile/Operational">*[System[EventID=10000]]</Select></Query></QueryList></Subscription>
</EventTrigger>
</Triggers>
<Principals>
<Principal id="NetworkService">
<UserId>S-1-5-20</UserId>
</Principal>
</Principals>
<Settings>
<MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
<DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>false</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
<StopIfGoingOnBatteries>false</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
<AllowHardTerminate>false</AllowHardTerminate>
<RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>
<AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>
<Enabled>false</Enabled>
<Hidden>true</Hidden>
<RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>
<DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>false</DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>
<UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>true</UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>
<WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>
<ExecutionTimeLimit>PT0S</ExecutionTimeLimit>
<Priority>7</Priority>
<RestartOnFailure>
<Interval>PT1M</Interval>
<Count>3</Count>
</RestartOnFailure>
</Settings>
<Actions Context="NetworkService">
<ComHandler>
<ClassId>{b1aebb5d-ead9-4476-b375-9c3ed9f32afc}</ClassId>
<Data><![CDATA[network]]></Data>
</ComHandler>
</Actions>
</Task>

Software Protection Serive Stops running

Hi
I am having an issue with the "Software Protection Service" on a number of our Windows 2012 R2 RDS Servers
Basically the following happens, after a reboot the service fails to start with a Timeout error (A timeout was reached (30000 milliseconds) while waiting for the Software Protection service to connect.) (The Software Protection service failed to start
due to the following error: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.)
Our System Info:
Windows 2012 R2 - fully patched (from windows updates)
Various Applications installed (Office 2013 on some and Office 2010 on others)
All Licensing done via KMS
All servers have similar GPO's applied (not all exactly the same but similar)
Current Work Around
1) Uninstall KB2928680 and reboot
2) If service does not start again (test via services.msc) - at this point it generally restarts - re-install KB2928680 and reboot
Wait till next occurrence of issue
Any Ideas ?
Anyone had a similar issue ?
Any help is appreciated
Thanks in advanced

I never meet this issue, but i found the simlar problem.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/6f986797-0db9-454d-9979-dbc625f09b82/failed-to-schedule-software-protection-service?forum=winservergen

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