helpctr.exe

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From: Dan (hiptolick_at_comcast.net)
Date: 06/08/04 

Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 21:22:01 -0600

 Help and support has stopped functioning on my Windows XP Pro.
helpctr.exe is present and located c:\winnt\pchealth\helpctr\binaries.
However, the help and support service is not running and I cannot start it.
When I try to start the service it returns the following error.

"Could not start the help and support service on local computer"

Error 1058: The service could not be started, either becuase it is disabled,
or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.

Any help (no pun intended) would be appreciated.

Regards,

Daniel Latrimurti

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