When I try to start JBoss AS (EAP) with run.bat then everything seems to be fine at first until it should start "TransactionManagerService". The boot process stops and hangs forever. The boot sequence look until this moment: ... 12:36:46,946 INFO [Server] Root Deployment Filename: jboss-service.xml 12:36:47,212 INFO [ServerInfo] Java version: 1.6.0_07,Sun Microsystems Inc. 12:36:47,212 INFO [ServerInfo] Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM 10.0-b23,Sun Microsystems Inc. 12:36:47,212 INFO [ServerInfo] OS-System: Windows XP 5.1,x86 12:36:47,602 INFO [Server] Core system initialized 12:36:50,196 INFO [WebService] Using RMI server codebase: http://127.0.0.1:8083/ 12:36:50,212 INFO [Log4jService$URLWatchTimerTask] Configuring from URL: resource:jboss-log4j.xml <now waiting forever> When I start (after killing the first EAP JBoss server start process) another, separate JBoss AS installation v4.2.3 on the same (WinXP) system everything is fine. So it must be something with the configuration of the first JBoss AS (EAP) server. Especially with the TransactionManagerService. What can it be? Peter View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4187311#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...