Re: Enabling security center on domain XP SP2 Workstations

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 09/19/04 

Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 19:33:34 +0200

dmkolb wrote:

> Torgeir Bakken wrote:
>
>> 1)
>> How do you try to start the Security Center?
>> What messages do you get then (if any)?
>
> I attempt to start it from either Start/Programs/Accesories or from
> the Control Panel and I get "The Security Service is unavailable
> because the service isn't started or was stopped"
>
>> 2)
>> Check the service that it is enabled:
>>
>> Start/Run --> services.msc
>>
>> Find "Security Center" in the list and double click on it.
>>
>> If the Startup type is not set to Automatic, change it to Automatic.
>>
>> Can you start/stop the service with the Start/Stop buttons?
>>
>> Go into the Dependencies tab and check that everything looks good
>> there. SC is dependent on that the "Remote Procedure Call" (RPC)
>> and "Windows Management Instrumentation" (WMI) services are
>> running. Check the status of those services.
>
> I tried this also and heres what I get:
> Could not start Security Center on Local Computer.
> Error 1068: The dependency Service or group failed to start.
>
> RPC does start; WMI gives same as above.
> when I try to open depencies I get Error Win32:
> The dependency service or group failed to start!
> Argh!
Hi

See if the tip from Karl B/Melvin Salazar works for you:

<quote>

From: "Karl B" <karl@gfield.org.uk>
Subject: Possible solution to the windows update 0x800A0046 problem
Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 12:03:39 +0100
Newsgroups: microsoft.private.xpsp2.general

Firstly, I take no credit for this I was going though the network
newsgroup because my dialup network settings had vanished and a guy
named Melvin Salazar suggested the following which WORKED!

'You can also try doing the following, it worked for me:

Go to Services under the Administrative Tools folder.

Notice that the logon account is set to a NT/User account under the RPC
(remote procedure call) service. Change it to Local System account,
under the Logon tab, and restart the computer. Many of these services
depend on the RPC, but there was an error when it came to configuring
this paticular service.'

Now once I made these changes I was able to get my network icons back
as well as use Windows Update.

Thanks
Karl

</quote> 

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