https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/splunk-installation-error/m-p/175673#M35271 <P>Hi,</P> <P>What user did you initially install Splunk as?<BR /> Check Event Viewer to see what errors the Splunk installer generated.<BR /> Best practices require that you uninstall and install Splunk with an administrator-level account at all times.</P> <P>If you can give some more context as to your current situation, perhaps I can help further.</P> Thu, 22 May 2014 18:06:14 GMT malmoore 2014-05-22T18:06:14Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/splunk-installation-error/m-p/175672#M35270 <P>I uninstalled Splunk and install it again, the system displayed an error as follow.</P> <P>Splunk install was unable to create Splunk Services.</P> <P>Please make sure that the user running the installer has the correct privileges, including being able to create Windows services, Exitcode: "1"</P> Thu, 22 May 2014 15:45:38 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/splunk-installation-error/m-p/175672#M35270 victor1219 2014-05-22T15:45:38Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/splunk-installation-error/m-p/175673#M35271 <P>Hi,</P> <P>What user did you initially install Splunk as?<BR /> Check Event Viewer to see what errors the Splunk installer generated.<BR /> Best practices require that you uninstall and install Splunk with an administrator-level account at all times.</P> <P>If you can give some more context as to your current situation, perhaps I can help further.</P> Thu, 22 May 2014 18:06:14 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/splunk-installation-error/m-p/175673#M35271 malmoore 2014-05-22T18:06:14Z