Thanks for getting back to me, answers to individual questions below;
Did you use ServiceInstaller.exe to install the server and use it's default settings? - Yes
Are you running it as a different user or using firedaemon or something instead? - No
Does the .vfs file for the server reference any networked drives? - No
Do you run any kind of weird software firewall that plays games with network interfaces? - Eset Smart Security 7.0.317.4 - don't think that it does anything strange, and there is nothing in the logs for the program that indicate any issue on the few occasions when teh service fails to start
If you look through the windows event logs does it indicate anything? - Nothing obvious
Is there a CrashLog.txt file in the /system dir? - No
Any chance this is windows 8.1 which I don't have much feedback on yet? - Yes, this in windows 8.1
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