How to Fix The Service Cannot Accept Control Messages At This Time

'' The service cannot accept control messages at this time '' is an error related to the network which occurs when there is a communication problem between the service and the process. 

Most likely this error is due to the state of service. If the network service is halted or faces any kind of issue you will end up getting this error. 

According to users, they most often experience this error when trying to run applications such as C# and IIS. As a result, it may fail to respond to the requests given by an application making them unable to run those programs. Through there are different potential causes, it is generally easy to fix. Since this is a network related problem it comes with few solutions to fix this error at once.

In this article, I will be demonstrating about How to Fix The Service Cannot Accept Control Messages At This Time. Using this troubleshooting steps, you will be able to get rid of this error effectively.

Let's get started,

1. Restart the Service Credential Manager

As mentioned earlier, this error is usually encountered when trying to launch a process. Particularly, the application from C# or IIS. Under this condition the appropriate measure will be restart the credential manager service. 

To restart credential manager service,

1. Press '' Windows + R ''
2. Type '' services.msc ''
3. Find '' Credential manager service '' and Select it
4. In the Start type dropdown, Select '' Automatic ''
5. Press Start

2. Change Password in Edge Browser

If restarting credential manager service doesn't seem to work, you may try changing password in edge browser. Password management service in edge browser is linked to the credential manager service. Therefore, it is recommended to change password to see if it gets rid of this error.

To change password in edge browser,

1. Open Edge browser
2. Find the 3 dots button on the browser and click on it (It is located at the top right corner of the screen)
3. Select '' Profiles ''
4. Find the option '' Passwords ''
5. Change the password for the entries
6. Press '' Save ''

3. Stop the Process Internet Information Service

Internet Information Service (IIS) is a type of web server from Microsoft which is used to host services on the web. This process can also be the reason for the service cannot accept control messages at this time error. So to fix this error, you may try stopping the internet information service work process. 

To stop the process internet information services,

1. Press '' Ctrl+Alt+Del ''
2. In the Process tab locate '' IIS worker '' and '' w3wp.exe ''
3. Right click on both of them and select '' End the task ''

4. Perform System Restore

If the troubleshooting methods aren't successful, then you should proceed to performing a system restore. Performing a system restore reverts your PC to a state where the error did not exist. However, before proceeding to this you must make sure that the system restore feature is already enabled.

To perform system restore,

1. Press '' Windows + R ''
2. Type '' System Restore ''
3. Go to the System Protection tab
4. Click on System Restore
5. Check the box '' Show more restore points ''
6. Press Next

Now this process will begin the system restoration process.