Re: Looking for the cause of this....

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From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 11/22/04


Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 02:07:01 -0600

Would be very interested in knowing what proked this. As per your question,
if you have a default system, check them accordingly.

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)
Troubleshooting Windows XP
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"lorne" <stoner_123@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:uitqHbE0EHA.1308@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Actually, I did not disable them from msconfig!
> I responded to customer's call.  When I got there, he couldn't access the
> internet.  I went to look in the device manager and the window was blank!
> When i went to command prompt and tried ipconfig, I got all zeros.  I 
> tried
> to renew the ip and got the message:  cannot connect to the rpc server.
> service is disabled."
> I went to services.msc and saw the entire list was disabled!  I enabled 
> the
> tcp/ip and dhcp service and a few others (i dont recall which) and then i
> was online!  so i went back to the services and started to enable 
> stuff.....
> hence the question... which services have to be running and which don't???
> Which are set to manual? which are set to automatic.. and so on.
> So the bottom line here is...... I DIDN'T DO IT!!!!!!!!!! I just fix 'em 
> (if
> I can... and I cannot thank everyone here enough for some of those real
> tough issues.)
>
>
> "AmericanTechie" <AmericanTechie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
> message
> news:071E0C1A-73A5-4A2C-A8AC-2BF11B6AA3B0@microsoft.com...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am assuming you are using msconfig to disable services.  Generally it 
>> is
> a
>> good idea to put MSCONFIG back to normal startup and reboot.  Check out
> the
>> URL listed below for a great guide on everything on which services are
> needed
>> and which can be disabled.  As a side note ALL services were not 
>> disabled.
>> Certain services are actually required to be able to boot the computer.
> If
>> these services are disabled you have to boot with a boot disk and enable
> the
>> service by command line.  This shows that services should not be messed
> with
>> unless you know what you are doing.
>>
>> http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm/
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John
>> http://www.americantechie.com/
>>
>> "lorne" wrote:
>>
>> > Geed Evening all,
>> >
>> > Just came across this issue..... system running xp pro sp2  has ALL
> services
>> > disabled.  after manually starting several services (like tcp/ip and
> dhcp,
>> > plus several which i dont recall) the system got on line.  did an on
> line
>> > virus scan (housecall) and came up clean.
>> > Now, how do i know which services should be running  and which ones
> should
>> > not?
>> >
>> > -- 
>> > Lorne
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
> 


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