Services.msc Problem

[tal ormanda]

As I set a program to Manual I get this:

[MagicAndre1981]

open regedit , go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services and check if you have the rights.

[tal ormanda]

Don't know where to check for rights, but I changed it to Manual from Automatic in the registry, see if that works.

[tal ormanda]

Success.

[cluberti]

If you want to find out what is giving access denied error messages, download Process Monitor from the Sysinternals site and run it while trying to change the service's properties. When you get the access denied in the Services control panel, you'll see what you're denied to, and which user account was given the access denied error (sometimes it's not yours).

[Tarun]

This is why I love Dial-a-fix, it checks for restrictive policies and may even find issues relating to that.

[cluberti]

The only problem I have with dial-a-fix (and it's only my problem, it isn't a problem per-se) is that you don't necessarily have to do any troubleshooting on the problem at hand to use and resolve things via dial-a-fix, and it removes some of the learning involved in developing good troubleshooting skills. More of a pet-peeve than a problem . I feel sometimes like it's the proverbial flame-thrower used to light a candle, but again, just my opinion.