Project Application Service does not Start

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When you are unable to start the "Project Application Service", after having installed Project Server 2007, following conditions may prevail.

"Services on Server" page of the Central Admin Shows the status as -  Starting

No error is displayed in the User Interface or Application Event Viewer.

Project Application Service seems to fail even when initiated through the command prompt and showing up Starting status for quite long time.

If you did not yield any change even after an uninstall and reinstall, following steps will help address the issue.

Recently, when I encountered such a situation its observed that the service account has all the requisite permissions, however, only one entry of the following location did not have the read/write permission for the logged in user (service account - an account being used for the Central Admin Site) and ensuring read/write permission let the Project Applicaton Service run successfully.

“C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\MachineKeys”