# Wowza Streaming Engine service fails to start

**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-service-fails-to-start/50101
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Tags:** server-administration
**Created:** [November 9, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-service-fails-to-start/50101 "2017-11-09T15:59:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Gary\_Powell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@Gary\_Powell](https://community.wowza.com/u/Gary_Powell)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-service-fails-to-start/50101/1 "2017-11-09T15:59:08Z")

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I am trying to install a the demo version of wowza streaming engine on a Win2K3(32 bit) server and the Wowza Streaming Engine service will not start. Set to auto on reboot and unable to start service manually.

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### Author: ![Gary\_Powell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@Gary\_Powell](https://community.wowza.com/u/Gary_Powell)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streaming-engine-service-fails-to-start/50101/2 "2017-11-09T16:53:18Z")

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I found the solution here: [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-configure-a-32-bit-java-client-for-wowza-streaming-engine](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-configure-a-32-bit-java-client-for-wowza-streaming-engine)

I removed -server property from the Tune.xml file