Service 'PreVeil (preveil.postlord.sys.prod)' (preveil.postlord.sys.prod) could not be stopped. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to stop system services.

Service 'PreVeil (preveil.postlord.sys.prod)' (preveil.postlord.sys.prod) could not be stopped. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to stop system services.

 

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During installation or uninstallation you may come across a service stopping loop. Use the following steps to push.

  1. Open taskmgr.exe, go to Details tab, end task the pythonservice.exe processes

    You can close all Python processes in one elevated PowerShell command

    get-process pythonservice.exe | stop-process -force
  2. Open services.msc

  3. Locate the service, open properties, and set the recovery method on the first failure to take no action.

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  4. Start the PreVeil Crypto service
    Elevated PowerShell

    get-service preveil.crypto.sys.prod | start-service

    Assure the service is running before proceeding to the next step.

  5. Click retry on the error window