Error 1920. Service ‘Office Software Protection Platform’ (osppsvc) failed to start

Asked By Christopher K Davis 10 points N/A Posted on - 07/06/2013

Good day to you.

I was trying to install MS Project Standard 2010 when I got an error code.

Error 1920. Service 'Office Software Protection Platform' (osppsvc) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services.

How do I fix this? Please feel free to share your thoughts.

Thank you so much.

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Answered By Drake Vivian 30 points N/A #176869

Error 1920. Service ‘Office Software Protection Platform’ (osppsvc) failed to start

Hi there Christopher K Davis,

 

There was a known bug that caused this error because of leftovers from the previous versions of the software. In case you had a beta version of the MS Office installed, you will need to remove the leftovers and do a fresh installation of the version you'd like to use.

 

If this is not the case, you are facing some permission problems. Try running the installer as an Administrator – right click the installer icon and select the 'Run as Administrator' from the menu. 

 

Best regards,

Drake Vivian

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Answered By Paul M Rock 10 points N/A #176870

Error 1920. Service ‘Office Software Protection Platform’ (osppsvc) failed to start

Besides this solution also you can apply another technique to fix this issue. You will get that one from this Techyv post.

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