[shirleyellenp]

I am running an Inspiron 9400 with Vista.



For sometime now I've had a red X on my connections status icon on my toolbar. If I hover over the icon, it says Connections status: unknown
Server execution failed

I am still connected to the internet. I can't say exactly when this first appeared but when I noticed it, I didn't think too much of it as I was still connected. I became concerned when
I went to my control panel and when I would try and access Network or Connect to, the page takes forever to load and when it does, it freezes. The only way to get rid of it, is to reboot.

I've tried a system restore, as far back as a month and it didn't help.
Dell support people say I should back up all my files and reinstall Vista.
I would dearly lilke to avoid this.

In another thread about the same problem by another person, it was suggested that.....


Make sure the following services are Started (Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services). If you are not using the classic Control Panel view you'll probably have to drill down another level or two to find Administrative Tools.

Function Discovery Provider Host
Function Discovery Resource Publication
Network Connections
Network List Service
Network Location Awareness
Network Store Interface Service


When I tried that, this is what I got.

I get an error code 1450 for Network List Service -insufficient system rescources to complete the task.

For Function Discovery Provider Host error 0x80070005:Access is denied

For Function Discovery Resource Publication error 0x80070005:Access is denied

Any ideas on the matter would be appreciated, thanks.

[davehc]

Well. First put those services back to the default.
Do you have wireless connection or ethernet card?
Whichever, you don't need both.
Click on Start, Control Panel, Network & Internet Connections, Network Connections.

You should see two icons there, and they should say something like "Local Area Connection," and "Wireless Connection."

Right click the NON wireless connection icon, and choose 'Disable.' if you are wireless.

[TerryNet]

"First put those services back to the default."

What does that mean? Those services should be Started (is that what you mean by default?). How is she to get them running???

For that first error I found this link: http://www.vistax64.com/vista-genera...ice-error.html which includes post #5: "After some digging I found that process was linked to an administrator
account and with the Admin account disabled by default it would not let it
lauch. I enabled it throught the command line (as that was my only option)
did not set a password, and then logged back in on the user account and it
appears to have fixed my issue for now."

[shirleyellenp]

I'm having a problem doing any of these things. Network and Internet Connections, Network Connections freezes when I click on it. I have to reboot to even get rid of it from the sccreen.

I'm embarrassed to day that I have no idea how to access the Administrator account.

[TerryNet]

Save your embarrassment for something else--I doubt that many know either. Hoping that a more knowledgeable Vista person comes along, 'cause I don't know for sure if that poster was talking about the "secret" Administrator account and don't know how to enable it with the command line.

Are you using a normal Administrator account or a Standard? If you go to Control Panel - User Accounts - one of those words will be under your account name.

[shirleyellenp]

I'm using a Standard Administrator account, password protected.

[davehc]

Originally Posted by TerryNet

"First put those services back to the default."

What does that mean? Those services should be Started (is that what you mean by default?). How is she to get them running???

."

Not so. The Function Discovery Provider Host" should be on Manual and the "Network connections" should also. The remainder are all on Automatic . This is standard, whichever edition the OP is using.
The original Poster suggested a very awkward method of entering the Services. I would suggest that typing Services.msc in the RUN box is easier. You can then scroll down, without changing anything, and see if those services are, in fact, as stated.

If you want to enable the "deeper" Administrator account, (I don't think it will solve the problem) then you must do this.

In the "Run" box, enter Control UserPasswords2.
Click Advanced and then Advanced again
Click on the users box and then Administrator
Unclick "Account is disabled"

( which release are you using - Ultimate business. etc..)
Log off, and you will find you can now access the Administrator Account.

[mtbird]

Give this a try.....
Restart your computer and as it begins to boot, hold down your F8 key. From the startup options, choose "safe mode with command prompt". At the command prompt, type in....

net localgroup "Administrators" "Local Service" /add

Hit enter. You should see a message that says "The command completed successfully". Type in exit. Restart your computer and try to open your network window.

[TerryNet]

davehc, you are talking about 'Startup Type.' I have no disagreement about that. I am talking about 'Status.' No matter what the Startup Type is, those services should be Started, or at least they should be startable.

Sorry you don't like my "awkward method of entering the Services." It's the first method I learned and so it seems "natural" to me. Windows has multiple ways to do almost anything, and I think the most important thing is to know at least one way.

[davehc]

Sorry I did not have any idea that you were the originator of that method! The OP only referred to "another thread".
I am afraid I do not understand the rest of your posting. In the path I suggested you can change the "status", if you mean is the service running, automatic or disabled, on startup of Vista?

[TerryNet]

davehc, "In the path I suggested you can change the "status". Correction, you SHOULD be able to change the Status. Several of the OP's services are not running, and she gets an error trying to start them. I have no clue what to do next. Do you know anything about those error messages, or what could be the cause(s) of the problem(s).

As an aside, I think we are still misunderstanding each other a little. When I look at the Services window (getting there the way you taught me!) the first 4 headings I see are Name, Description, Status and Startup Type. For the services in question the Status should be 'Started.' For the OP they are not Started, and she can't get them to budge. The Startup Type for each should be Automatic or Manual; she hasn't said what it is, but I think it doesn't matter in this situation. Even if the Startup Type is Disabled, the services should be manually startable.

[shirleyellenp]

Give this a try.....
Restart your computer and as it begins to boot, hold down your F8 key. From the startup options, choose "safe mode with command prompt". At the command prompt, type in....

net localgroup "Administrators" "Local Service" /add

Hit enter. You should see a message that says "The command completed successfully". Type in exit. Restart your computer and try to open your network window.

Thanks for that, mtbird. I've seen that fix on several forums and also found that a great many people are having this problem.

I did as you suggested and got this:

[Account:computer:config:continue:File:Group:Helpmsg:
Localgroup:Pause:Print:Session:Share:Start:Statistics:
Stop:Time

As an aside, it's too bad you can't seem to C&P these messages from the command prompt.

The fact that it didn't work was very disappointing since a great many people were successful with that fix.

[TerryNet]

"As an aside, it's too bad you can't seem to C&P these messages from the command prompt."

Since I'm no help with the real problem ...

In a command prompt, right click in the window and select 'Select All' or 'Mark.' If you selected 'Mark' now highlight what you want to copy. Then, in either case, hit the Enter key (the Enter key enters your selection onto the clipboard). You can now Paste into a Windows window. To paste into the command prompt window you can click on the little C:\ icon in the extreme upper left and select Edit and Paste.

[mtbird]

Originally Posted by shirleyellenp

Thanks for that, mtbird. I've seen that fix on several forums and also found that a great many people are having this problem.

I did as you suggested and got this:

[Account:computer:config:continue:File:Group:Helpmsg:
Localgroup:Pause:Print:Session:Share:Start:Statistics:
Stop:Time

As an aside, it's too bad you can't seem to C&P these messages from the command prompt.

The fact that it didn't work was very disappointing since a great many people were successful with that fix.

Go to accessories and RIGHT click on command prompt. Choose "run as admin". In the command prompt window type in......

net localhost Administrator /add Local Service

Hit enter.

Then at the next prompt, type in ......

net localhost Administrator

You should see a line that says "NT AuthorityLocal Service". That confirms that it was added. Exit it out of there and reboot.

[davehc]

Hi again TerryNet
Just for you, as the OP seems to be going along another route, and did not respond to the matter of the Administrator mode.!

It is because the OP is not in the full Administrator mode that the error messages are appearing. The following discussion on the services was merely between you and I, and frankly I do not think it has anything to do with the problem for which help is being asked.
It could also be a problem with the basic installation of Vista, often done badly by retailers, or a shortage of memory. - But that would be opening another can of worms!
Perhaps left to pursue mtbird's line for the moment?