What does Windows error code 1058 (ERROR_SERVICE_DISABLED) mean?

ERROR_SERVICE_DISABLED

The service is configured as disabled

ERROR_SERVICE_DISABLED (1058) means the Service Control Manager rejected a start request because the service's effective startup configuration disables it. This is different from a service executable that starts and then crashes, a logon failure, or a dependency that cannot start.

What to verify

• Record the exact service name, start request, current Start configuration, and the management component or policy that owns that setting.
• Check whether Group Policy, product hardening, servicing, safe mode, or an administrator intentionally disabled the service.
• If another service depends on it, keep the dependent service's error separate from this configuration state.

Recovery

Enable the service only when its documented configuration and security policy require it, then start it through the Service Control Manager and verify the resulting state. Do not broadly change unrelated service start types merely because an application reports 1058.

If the service is intentionally disabled, the correct fix belongs in the caller: remove the invalid dependency or use the supported feature path that does not require that service.

Official references

• Microsoft: System Error Codes
• Microsoft: QueryServiceConfigW