# PMS as a service **URL:** \ **Category:** Tips, Tricks & How-Tos\ **Tags:** server-windows, tipstricks\ **Created:** [January 9, 2014, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pms-as-a-service/53381 "2014-01-09T09:55:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 84
**Author:** ![cjmurph](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/cjmurph/32/95525_2.png) [@cjmurph](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cjmurph)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pms-as-a-service/53381/84 "2014-04-08T03:00:02Z")
> Thanks. PMS logs not available for this one. PMS 0.9.9.9 it was crashing before getting as far as logging anything. A few users got it to work by re-download but I have not as the download has the Digital Signature and is the right size. > > The thread is here [https://forums.plex.tv/topic/105322-error-on-launching-pms-999/](https://forums.plex.tv/topic/105322-error-on-launching-pms-999/) > > So if we get this sort of problem and it is obvious when it happens we just need to stop the service and launch it manually to troubleshoot Yeah, that's what I'd do. It may be worthwhile me only attempting x amount of restarts within a certain time frame rather than endlessly retrying though. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pms-as-a-service/53381)._