Solution: Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator Fails To Start With Service Specific Error 3221229584

November 16th, 2006 by Angsuman Chakraborty

When MS DTC fails to start and you get an error like:
“The Distributed Transaction Coordinator service terminated with service-specific error 3221229584 (0xC0001010).”

You know you are in trouble. Fortunately there is a simple solution.

You can find the actual error from Event Viewer:
“MS DTC log file not found. After ensuring that all Resource Managers coordinated by MS DTC have no indoubt transactions, please run msdtc -resetlog to create the log file.”

That is pretty much what you do. After restarting the machine type in cmd / command prompt:
msdtc -resetlog

Now start the service again and it will start without a problem.

Filed under Microsoft, Technology, Windows | | RSS 2.0 | Trackback this Article | Email this Article

You may also like to read

»	Apache Web Server Suddenly Fails to Load With EMalloc Error - Solution (php_exif.dll)
»	The Backend of Tribal Fusion
»	CRM Excellence Award Bagged By Amcat
»	World's First P2P DVR and Distributed DVR
»	Mirosoft Vista Firewall Defanged by Switching off Outbound Filtering by Default
»	Windows Vista Service Pack 1 in Q1 2008
»	How To Uninstall GrooveMonitor.exe
»	Hasta La Vista for Microsoft Vista in India?
»	SimpleXML and its Not So Simple To Use Object Model: Problem & Solution
»	HitTail Website Goes For Tailspin - Solutions
»	Google Spreadsheets Takes on Microsoft Excel With Online Collaboration
»	Java EE 5 (formerly J2EE 1.5) Unanimously Passes Public Review Ballot; Promises Ease of Use
»	Specific Rumors on Java OS based Google Phone running on Linux
»	Microsoft Counters Windows Genuine Advantage False Positive Identification Accusations
»	Microsoft's iPod Competitor Headed by ex-iPod Development Head