Try making the service not 'automatic', and then try starting it yourself manually via the service. See if it has the same problem...

AAAh....finally someone answered to this thread...I tried searching alot in different forums...but was not able to solve it...so finally i decided to reinstall .NET framework and Oracle again(was the last option for me)...someone else also suggested this but was not able to solve the problem...so I had to do it.

Thanx anyways

OK, but does it work now?

Yaa it does...don't know what the previous problem was

1053 could not start the oracle service on local computer on win xP

dear sunnypalsingh

i also had a same problem of oracle service not getting started. it always remains starting....
so now i had found one temp solution of starting the oracle by giving comman in SVGR file evry time i reboot.

plz confirm if ur above method is still working on winxp and oracle8i permanently or not. as i also tried to install .net framework 1.1 with sp1 but it is not getting loaded as it is saying that program to be upgraded is missing so now i am searching .net framework 1.1 basic and then i will try again.
so plz give any remedy u know i am working on oracle8i and winxp with sp2

HI..
even im facin the same prob, i tried installin oracle 8i as well as oracle 9i on my sys with winXP SP2 on it. n it works the first time after installtion, but later on restart it gives the err TNS protocol adapter error. The Oracleservice says starting. ive tried reinstallin it several times also tried completly formattin my sys n thn reinstallin, but still the prob continues..
can u pls let me know if u guys were able to resolve this prob...

bye.... P

hi, i am also facing ythe same problem ..
please tell what to do...

Try restarting the DNS client service in the services list.