I have the “Waiting for ZeroTier system service” error.
I can get around it by using the ZeroTier installer and repairing the installation, but after a few weeks, ZeroTier goes back to “Waiting for ZeroTier system service” and I have to repeat the process. This is annoying if it happens on the weekend, when I can’t access the computer that ZeroTier is working on.
Does anybody have a suggestion for how I might find out exactly WHAT is causing the error? I was thinking of looking back at the Windows events over the weekend to figure out when the errors started.
Hi Richard
This used to happen to me religiously after a Windows update that required a reboot. I got around it by creating a bat file that started the zerotier service and creating a scheduled task that triggered at system startup (with a delay of 15 minutes) to run the batch file.
You may have a different cause just check your running services next time it happens and see if the zerotier service hasn’t started, then manually start the zerotier service if it isn’t running.
As far as I can tell, the problem is tied to Windows update, but it’s not tied to the Zerotier service not starting because Zerotier does start up. After some updates (I have not verified if it’s all updates) Zerotier will stop working unless I repair the installation. The program just stays frozen in “Waiting for Zerotier System Service” forever.