Fix

A while ago I blogged about a recurring problem in my laptop: event log was filling with Software protection service scheduling errors, and the fix was to change one system folder’s permissions. I ended up re-installing my laptop from scratch (to Windows 8.1), and again after I joined the machine to our company domain and installed Symantec Endpoint Protection the problem re-appeared. I still do not know which - domain or SEP or both together - is the root cause, but as the problem emerged over and over again, I gave up and automatized the change. I created one batch file: ...

I have had some weird problems on my Windows 8 laptop, and while fixing those I noticed a recurring Error event on my event log: “Failed to schedule Software Protection service for re-start at 2113-03-24T10:21:45Z. Error Code: 0x80070005.” (Source: Security-SPP, Event ID: 16385) 0x80070005 is a permission denied error. After some searching and trial/error I found the fix from a Technet forum post; Give Network service account full access control rights to the directory: ...