NW 7.3 MaxDB service stays starting

Hello,

After restarting my PC, the NW refused to start. As I figured out it was because the Max DB database was not running. I tried to start it manually in Windows Services, but the service showed "starting" forever and never get to "started" state.

Then I figured out that the following command line can start the database (or bring database online):

C:\sapdb\M25\db\pgm>dbmcli.exe -d M25 -u control,control db_online

This command will also start the corresponding windows service.

How can I get the database started as a service and not through the command line?

These are the errors from DB error log (when I was starting it via the windows service)

2011-09-10 11:32:43      10344 INF          1 DBMSrvCo A DBM Server client connection was established at 2011-09-10 11:32:43 (client process has process ID 2264 on computer xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.ORG).
2011-09-10 11:32:43      10344 INF        421 DBMSrv   Command 'user_response ...' was executed since 2011-09-10 11:32:43.
2011-09-10 11:32:43      10344 ERR     -24580 DBMSrv   ERR_COMMAND_FAILED: Command 'user_response' has ended and failed with return code -24950.
                         10344 ERR     -24950 DBMSrv   ERR_USRFAIL: User authorization failed
2011-09-10 11:32:43      10344 INF          2 DBMSrvCo A DBM Server client connection was released (client process has process ID 2264 on computer xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.ORG).