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APC Back-UPS XS900

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sawm

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Just acquired this battery backup since my last APC battery backup stopped working on me...plus it wasn't powerful enough for my computer anyhow...

Anyways, it's all hooked up and working just fine, except the APC UPS Service will not start. I've tried manually starting it within services.msc (running Windows XP), reinstalling PowerChute Personal Edition, and I've pored over APC's knowledgebase and forums, but nothing turns up.

I am under the impression I need the APC UPS Service to be started, but I can't figure out how. When I try to run it from services.msc, I get the following error:

Code: 
Could not start the APC UPS Service service on Local Computer

Error 193: 0xc1

Googling hasn't turned up much of anything either. I'm unable to run a self-test because the service isn't working. :(
 
I have this same ups. I connected it using the USB cable.
At first I did the same thing as you and had the same problem. I then noticed when looking under power management there were now "On battery" settings. Basically when you plug in this usp it configures the windows power management settings just like a laptop and doesn't use the UPS service.

Hope this helps.
 
Yah, I have the same UPS and my UPS service isn't running. However, on my Smart-UPS 1400VA, which is connected via the serial port, that system is running the UPS service, because powerchute personal is incompatible with that particular UPS unit. I think with these USB ones, powerchute handles things for you, instead of the UPS service.
 
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