While installing a windows service I wrote this command in my installation script (not using the installutil.exe) and used a service user account.

SC.EXE create MyService 
	binPath= "%CD%\MyService.exe" 
	start= auto 
	obj= "domain\Myserviceuser" 
	Password= "AbcD12345" 
	DisplayName= "My Service" 

SC.EXE DESCRIPTION MyService  "My Alert Service" 
NET START MyService

During installation I got the below error and the service failed to start though it got installed.

System error 1069 has occurred. The  service  did not start due to a logon failure.

When I added the username and password manually to the service and started it manually it worked fine.

Then I modified the installation script and added the following command before creating the service which worked fine in installing and starting the service from the package itself.

ntrights.exe -u Myserviceuser +r SeServiceLogonRight

This command grants the Logon as a service rights to the user.

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