Cannot Start the UPS Service (Q310437)

You are unable to configure an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). The UPS service does not start and you may receive a Dr. Watson access violation or application error message in Ups.exe.

This issue can occur in the following situation:

• You upgrade a Microsoft Windows 98-based computer to Microsoft Windows 2000.
• You upgrade that Windows 2000-based computer to Microsoft Windows XP.

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