Re: problem with "Logical Drive Manager"

That fixed it! Thanks! I haven't used it in a long time, so I don't
know how it got set to "disable", but that was the problem.

Frank

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> Logical Disk Manager service depends on Plug and Play service and Remote
> Procedure Call (RPC).
>
> Make sure that both are set to Automatic and started.
>
> Open Services...
> Start | Run | Type: services.msc | Click OK |
> Scroll down to and double click Plug and Play |
> Set startup type to Automatic | Click Apply |
> Click the Start button | When Plug and Play starts click OK
>
> Repeat for Remote Procedure Call (RPC), Logical Disk Manager.
>
> Scroll down to and double click Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service
> |
> Set startup type to Automatic | Click Apply |
> Click the Start button | When it starts click OK |
> Close Services
>
>
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:52F42899-9298-4673-83DA-3CB6169904FB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> flcombs <flcombs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> > I'm having a problem with the "logical disk manager service"
> > with the Disk Manager. I'm running Win XP PRO with SP2 on
> > a HP Pavilion desktop with 1 Gb RAM, AMD 3000+ XP processor
> > that appears to be running okay otherwise.
> >
> > When I try to run it ( MY COMPUTER | MANAGE | DISK MANAGER)
> > I get an error:
> >
> > pop up: "Logical Disk Manager : the dependency service or
> > group failed to start"
> >
> > and at the bottom of the window: "unable to connect to Logical
> > Disk Manager Service"
> >
> > The message for the error under the system messages portion of
> > the computer manager is:
> >
> > "DCOM got error "The dependency service or group failed to start.
> > " attempting to start the service dmadmin with arguments "/com"
> > in order to run the server: {4FB6BB00-3347-11D0-B40A-00AA005FF586}
> >
> > and with it an additional message from the Service COntrol
> > Manager:
> >
> > "The Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service service depends
> > on the Logical Disk Manager service which failed to start because
> > of the following error: The service cannot be started, either
> > because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices
> > associated with it."
> >
> > I can't find anyinformation on what to do about the problem. I
> > get the same situation even in Safe Mode. I have a notebook with
> > the same OS and when I try the computer management on it, it
> > shoes the drives on the notebook, so I would expect to get the
> > drives on the desktop to show.
> >
> > Any ideas on how to fix the problem???
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Frank
>
>
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