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Starting the Server Service in Windows XP

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Dawit

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Oct 21, 2004, 6:03:04 AM10/21/04
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I have the following error when I start the Server Service of XP
"Could not start the Server Service on Local Computer.
error 2: The system cannot find the file specified."

However the file SVCHOST.EXE is there under system32.
Where can be the problem?
Any answer to this problem is highly appreciated.

Torgeir Bakken (MVP)

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Oct 21, 2004, 9:49:38 AM10/21/04
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Dawit wrote:

Hi

Please start regedit.exe and go to the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer

Do you see the value ImagePath there with the value

"%SystemRoot%\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs"

It is also important that this one is of type REG_EXPAND_SZ.


Then, under the sub-key Parameters,

Do you see the value ServiceDll there with the value

"%SystemRoot%\System32\srvsvc.dll"

It is also important that this one is of type REG_EXPAND_SZ.

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yankees177

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Mar 8, 2006, 11:57:00 PM3/8/06
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I checked all the parameters using regedit and they all say what you
said they were supposed to and im still getting the error. How do we
fix it?

Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) Wrote:
> Dawit wrote:
> -


> I have the following error when I start the Server Service of XP
> "Could not start the Server Service on Local Computer.
> error 2: The system cannot find the file specified."
>
> However the file SVCHOST.EXE is there under system32.
> Where can be the problem?

> Any answer to this problem is highly appreciated.-


> Hi
>
> Please start regedit.exe and go to the key
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer
>
> Do you see the value ImagePath there with the value
>
> "%SystemRoot%\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs"
>
> It is also important that this one is of type REG_EXPAND_SZ.
>
>
> Then, under the sub-key Parameters,
>
> Do you see the value ServiceDll there with the value
>
> "%SystemRoot%\System32\srvsvc.dll"
>
> It is also important that this one is of type REG_EXPAND_SZ.
>
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx


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yankees177

yankees177

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Mar 30, 2006, 11:43:00 AM3/30/06
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any help yet? for server service errors?


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yankees177

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