The Windows Media Services service terminated with service-specific error %%-1072884851

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Issue: 

Could not start/connect Windows Media Services. The Windows Media Services service terminated with service-specific error %%-1072884851

 WMSServerConfig log file error:
Needs Upgrade:1 Upgrade File:C:\Windows\System32\Windows Media\Server\ServerNamespace.xml
Workaround for install/upgrade related issues...
CoInitializeEx returned 0x00000000
CoCreateInstance CLSID_WMSServerResourceMgr returned 0x00000000
m_pServerResourceMgr->Init returned 0x00000000
CoCreateInstance CLSID_NamespaceFactory returned 0x00000000
pNamespaceFactory->CreateInstance( WMS_NAMESPACE_SERVER ) 0x00000000
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Error Code: 0x00000000

Resolution:

Open command prompt as administrator and type the following commands. 

cd "c:\windows\system32\windows media\server"

wmsserverconfig.exe /repair

If that did not resolve the issue, please do the following:

Please try uninstalling the Streaming Media Services role and making sure to delete the ServerNamespace.xml in C:\Windows\System32\windows media\server. Then reinstalling the role again.