topic ArcPad Service - Failing to Start in ArcPad Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/arcpad-service-failing-to-start/m-p/575643#M4170 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Am trying to create an ArcPad Service and the following error shows up.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Server object instance creation failed on all SOC machines</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Server Object instance creation failed on machine xxxxxx</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My GIS Server is running ArcGIS Server Enterprise Advanced 9.3.1</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>??? On my GIS Server I have installed on it ArcGIS Server ArcPad 8.0 Extension SP1</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>??? I am running ArcGIS Desktop 9.3.1</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>??? My database server is on a different machine and is running SQL Server Enterprise 2005 and ArcSDE 9.3.1</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>NB: Ordinary map services are working well.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What could be the solution to my problem?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Kevin</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:02:38 GMT Kevin_RogersBwire 2010-10-14T12:02:38Z ArcPad Service - Failing to Start https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/arcpad-service-failing-to-start/m-p/575643#M4170 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Am trying to create an ArcPad Service and the following error shows up.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Server object instance creation failed on all SOC machines</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Server Object instance creation failed on machine xxxxxx</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My GIS Server is running ArcGIS Server Enterprise Advanced 9.3.1</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>??? On my GIS Server I have installed on it ArcGIS Server ArcPad 8.0 Extension SP1</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>??? I am running ArcGIS Desktop 9.3.1</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>??? My database server is on a different machine and is running SQL Server Enterprise 2005 and ArcSDE 9.3.1</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>NB: Ordinary map services are working well.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What could be the solution to my problem?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Kevin</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:02:38 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/arcpad-service-failing-to-start/m-p/575643#M4170 Kevin_RogersBwire 2010-10-14T12:02:38Z Re: ArcPad Service - Failing to Start https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/arcpad-service-failing-to-start/m-p/575644#M4171 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>This sounds like a problem that I encountered. I was trying to create the service within a subfolder on the server.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Check out this KB article </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/content/kbase?fa=articleShow&amp;d=37251">http://resources.arcgis.com/content/kbase?fa=articleShow&amp;d=37251</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Near the bottom is a bullet point that say "For ArcPad 8.0 Service Pack 1, is a limitation in that services should not be published under a subfolder."</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I created my service at the root level and things worked as expected.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:48:03 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/arcpad-service-failing-to-start/m-p/575644#M4171 EricMcPhee 2010-10-15T18:48:03Z