Re: Why would services.msc & services.exe be "Access Denied" in WinXP?

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net)
Date: 11/06/05 

Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 01:34:04 -0600

It probably is because you do not have proper permissions to the file
services.msc. Look at the security properties. You would need at least
read/list/execute permissions and not be a member of any group [including
everyone/users] that has deny permissions to that file. When you use
Computer Management you are not using the file services.msc to open Computer
Management even though you can access services via Computer Management. The
free utility filemon can be very helpful in tracking down such problems
looking for access denied under the result column. Filemon will record lot
of entries in the log but you can use options - filter and enter access
denied in the highlight box to quickly find pertinent entries. --- Steve

http://www.sysinternals.com/ --- link to filemon.

"Susan Sharm" <susanshaarm@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1131213419.056903.139930@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Why would services.msc & services.exe be "Access Denied" in WinXP as
> administrator?
> The only user enabled on the WinXP SP2 desktop is "administrator".
>
> This works perfectly:
> - Right click "My Computer" & press "manage" to start Windows XP
> "Computer Management", then click "Services & Applications", then click
> "Services".
>
> Yet these all pop up an "Access is denied" error!
> - Start, Run, services.msc
> - Start, Run, c:\windows\system32\services.msc
> - Doubleclicking on windows\system32\services.msc
> -
> - Start, Run, services.exe
> - Start, Run, c:\windows\system32\services.exe
> - Doubleclicking on windows\system32\services.exe
>
> Checking "attributes" on Microsoft "Services and Controller
> Application" "services.exe" & Microsoft "Common Console Document"
> "services.msc" shows "Read-only" is NOT checked & "Hidden" is NOT
> checked.
>
> A right-click property check doesn't show (me) anything abnormal (but
> what do I know):
> File Name: services.exe
> Location: c:\windows\system32
> Size: 105 KB (108,032 bytes)
> Size on disk: 105 KB (108,032 bytes)
> Company: Microsoft Corporation
> File Version: 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
> -
> File Name: services.msc
> Location: c:\windows\system32
> Size: 32.6 KB (33,464 bytes)
> Size on disk: 33.0 KB (33,792 bytes)
>
> Why would an administrator not be able to access services.msc &
> services.exe?
>

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