SharePoint 2010: User Profile Synchronization Service Starting Issues

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There can be many problems which can cause to this issue, I will explain few which i found and how i address. user profile synchronization service stuck on starting here though i delete and recreate the user profile service application the synchronization still stuck in the middle. let briefly see how user profile working.

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User Profile Service Application and User profile Synchronization share same Sync BD and Profile DB. But User profile synchronization service  access AD through Forefront Identity Manager Synchronization service.

Workouts

First Check Forefront Identity Manager is Working (miisclient.exe).  If this is starting most of the time their are no issues in Forefront Identity manager service and Sync Service. If so we have to check the databases for permission. 

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\14.0\Synchronization Service\UIShell\miisclient.exe

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If this not working (Most of the time this is the issue).

We need to check the following windows services. (Services.msc)

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If miisclient.exe is not working the above service may not work - so try to start the service or if it is a login problem it will say that it can not start due to login problem. Then go to Properties,

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and check Log On username,password and Account.

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After correcting this try to restart the profile service and synchronization in the SharePoint after restarting the  IIS.

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