Services Acess Denied MSCONFIG

Kirk

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May 12, 2007, 8:58:00 AM5/12/07

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When I try to change my services in MSCONFIG I get this error returend "An
access denied error was returned while attempting to change service. You may
need to logon using an administrator account to make the specified changes."
It allows be to change it anyway. I think this may have something to do with
my HP Printer Driver however; i did unistall and reinstall. Does anyone have
any idea what is going on?

Chris

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May 12, 2007, 9:25:00 AM5/12/07

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Yes, it is caused by the HP Printer software. I got the same thing here
after installing HP software for a new HP printer. Uninstalling the
software "fixed" the problem.

It does not seem to have any adverse effect, apart from the niggle of the
warning box. No idea as to why it does it though. HP does not seem to know
either...

Kirk

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May 12, 2007, 10:08:01 AM5/12/07

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Chris:

Thanks, I did try to Uninstall the Software but I still get the error? Not a
big deal it is just annoying. If anyone else has ideas please let me know. I
gave up on HP support after 2 hours and not being able to understand the
person.

Poprivet

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May 12, 2007, 12:01:08 PM5/12/07

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AS the other posters say, HP printer software causes that. In my specific
case it turned out to be the javaw.exe HP places in the HP folder for the
ToolBox. Kill the toolbox and delete the javaw.exe and I think it'll work
OK.
I discovered that uninstalling the printer sofware left the folder and
javaw.exe was still there too.
NOTE that there may be several javaw.exe files scattered around your
disk; do NOT touch them; they are different javaw.exe files for different
things.

OR, uninstall the printer stuff and use Custom in the reinstall so you don't
get the toolbox.

You can still access it manually; it just won't be in the systray or
pre-started for you.

That was my experience here anyway.

Pop`

Code-Curious Mom

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May 15, 2007, 7:15:42 AM5/15/07

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In my case (with a PSC2110) the problem was with the PML Driver update
(http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=oj-44705-1&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&os=228&product=79488&lang=en)
I am listing below the steps I got from HP Chat (after several other 'fixes'
they had me try that didn't work) to resolve the issue in my case; however
you don't mention what HP Printer you have so I am in no way sure yours is
exactly the same issue. If you try it and then reinstall the HP software
(Or perhaps you could use HP Chat and mention this possible fix and ask if
it applies to you.), don't install the patch listed above. I am using the
software found at
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericSoftwareDownloadIndex?lc=en&cc=us&softwareitem=mp-35363-1
and it AFAIK does not require the previously mentioned problem patch.

Quote from HP Chat:
Note: Perform the steps after disconnecting from us and closing all other
programs as the uninstallation utility has to fix the registry and clean the
files from the computer.

1. Disconnect the USB cable from computer.

2. Download the All-in_one software uninstall utility from the following
link to uninstall the software:

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software3/COL3456/oj-11696-6/HpAiOScrubber_v2038.exe

3. Save the file to desktop and double click the saved file. And click on
run.

4. After this you will find a trash can icon on the desktop by name
"HPAIOScrubber". Double click on it to open.

5. Click on the + sign next to the appropriate model, click on the + sign
and select the version 2.1.0.

6. Click on Uninstall, the uninstallation will start. This will delete the
files installed and also will clean the registry and the computer for any
traces of installation of All-in-One software.

7. After that, restart the computer. This should completely uninstall the HP
all in one software.

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