Re: Server service will not start

Hello,

I had a very similar problem and fixed it with some help from another user.
Go to "start" "run" and type "sfc / scannow" into the run box. You should
have your Windows disk handy as you will be prompted for it. What this does
is to replace any corrupt Windows files on your system. I found I had to hit
the "retry" button that kept popping up as the computer tried to read my
Windows XP disk. But with patience, it loaded all of the files it needed.
The whole process took about 1/2 hour... After the process is finished (and
there will be no indication other than the blue line indicating progress will
end and disappear), reboot your machine and check your services by typing in
the run box "services.msc" Hopefully the services that were stopped will now
be started.

Good luck,

RMaizell

"cageybee" wrote:

> After digging a bit, it appears that the "Redirector" service has something
> to do with the "Workstation" service. When I open up the Services window
> from the "Administration Tools" selection in the control panel, I do not see
> a service called "Redirector", but I do see the "Workstation" service listed.
> It is stopped, and it will not start. It seems that the "Server" service
> needs the "Workstation" service to be running for it to work. Maybe the root
> cause of the problem has something to do with the "Workstation" service.
>
> "cageybee" wrote:
>
> > I don't see anything amiss in the device manager, but there were several
> > entries in the event log basically stating that the server service could not
> > be opened. There were also entries related to the redirector service that
> > seem to coincide with the server service errors. What is the redirector
> > service? Here are the error log entries verbatim:
> >
> > The first one says:
> >
> > "Unable to open the Redirector service. Redirector performance data will not
> > be returned. Error code returned is in data DWORD 0."
> >
> > And then immediately after there is another entry:
> >
> > "Unable to open the Server service. Server performance data will not be
> > returned. Error code returned is in data DWORD 0."
> >
> > These two errors always showed up together, and this happened several times.
> > Probably every time I tried to manually start the service or tried to share
> > folders.
> >
> > Any advice?
> >
> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > In news:0FC35F51-4073-4801-A0B0-F060ED2971E4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> > > cageybee <cageybee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
> > > > My PC running Windows XP Home edition decided to stop sharing folders
> > > > on my home network. After digging into it a bit I found that the
> > > > server service is stopped and it will not start. When I do try to
> > > > start it, I get the following error message: "Could not start the
> > > > Server service on local computer. Error 2001: The specified driver
> > > > is invalid". I tried to google all sorts of variants on my problem
> > > > to no avail. Does anybody have any suggestions on how to get my PC
> > > > to start sharing folders again?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Take a look in your event logs and in device manager to see if anything
> > > looks amiss.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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