Important Vista services have stopped. Please help

[Vistification]

Hey Vista Experts. Need some help.

I am running Vista Home, 32 bit, with SP2.

I turned on my laptop, and there was no wireless internet. Turns out a lot of important services have stopped and I cant turn them on.

They include:

DHCP Client
Diagnostic Policy Service
IPsec Policy Agent
Network List Service
Network Location Awareness
Office Source Engine
Windows Firewall
Windows Time

I managed a workaround by defining an IP manually to my wireless card, and at least it connected to the internet, but DHCP is still stopped. So is the Diagnostic service, so the "repair button" wont work either.

When I go to services and try to start them, I get the error, "Access is denied", or "The dependency service or group failed to start".

My Network sharing centre is saying the same thing. Firewall is also disabled, error is "Security centre cant turn on windows firewall".

Something is clearly stopping these services from starting. I dont know if its a virus or a recent Vista upgrade. Sometimes its bloody hard to tell them apart.

Already ran MalwareBytes Anti-Malware. Found nothing. Tried restarting a dozen times. Nothing. Removed my user password. Still nothing.

I am currently in the process of downloading Vista SP2 again. Even though its already installed, should I try to reinstall the SP in hope of everything going back to default settings?


Windows Vista is seriously affecting my will to live. Please help me fix my laptop.

 

[Vistification]

Ok, I think I have a tiny clue about what happened.

Googling around I discovered that "Base Filtering Engine" is very important for DHCP and Firewall functions. But I cant find a "Base Filtering Engine" anywhere!!! Not in my services, and its not even listed in the Windows Firewall dependencies.

Can anyone confirm that Vista 32 bit version should have a "Base Filtering Engine"?
How do I get a new "Base Filtering Engine"?

Please help.

 

[zigzag3143]

Ok, I think I have a tiny clue about what happened.

Googling around I discovered that "Base Filtering Engine" is very important for DHCP and Firewall functions. But I cant find a "Base Filtering Engine" anywhere!!! Not in my services, and its not even listed in the Windows Firewall dependencies.

Can anyone confirm that Vista 32 bit version should have a "Base Filtering Engine"?
How do I get a new "Base Filtering Engine"?

Please help.

V

Base filtering engine is needed and should be a part ov vista 32bit. se the enclosed screenshot

Ken

 

[delphin]

Open elevated command prompt and type netsh winsock reset catalog hit enter. Restart your computer and check

 

[Vistification]

Open elevated command prompt and type netsh winsock reset catalog hit enter. Restart your computer and check

Didnt work

It seems my Base Filtering Engine has been completely removed from my services. Its not even listed in the dependencies like it should be. I have located BME.dll in system 32 folder, but how do I get it back running?

Thanks for replies.

 

[delphin]

try to start

Diagnostic Policy Service

Windows Time

Office Source Engine.

and post back the message you are getting for each service

 

[Vistification]

Windows could not start the Diagnostic Policy Service on Local Computer. Error 5: Access is denied.

Windows could not start the Windows Time service on Local Computer. Error 5: Access is denied.

Office Source Engine oddly started this time. But no change to the original problem.

I also ran the following commands to start BFE in command prompt running as Admin.

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sc start bfe
[SC] StartService: OpenService FAILED 1060:

The specified service does not exist as an installed service.


sc sdshow bfe
[SC] OpenService FAILED 1060:

The specified service does not exist as an installed service.

 

[delphin]

follow and apply the permission stated here and try to start the the services.

Post back the results for each services.

 

[Vistification]

follow and apply the permission stated here and try to start the the services.

Post back the results for each services.

Thank you, but I already tried that solution before posting this topic. It had no effect

I believe the BFE service needs to be reinstalled. Any ideas how I go about that?

 

[delphin]

Okay,

Open regedit and drill down to hklm\software\microsoft\windowsnt\currentversion, select svchost. In the right pane you winn find the localservicenonetwork, double click on that and add BFE as showed in the screen shot.



Give ok.

and download and merge the View attachment bfe.reg.

Restart your computer, this will install base filter engine service for you

Post back the results.

 

[Vistification]

Okay,

Open regedit and drill down to hklm\software\microsoft\windowsnt\currentversion, select svchost. In the right pane you winn find the localservicenonetwork, double click on that and add BFE as showed in the screen shot.

View attachment 15272

Give ok.

and download and merge the View attachment 15273.

Restart your computer, this will install base filter engine service for you

Post back the results.

Ok, the good news is that BFE is now installed. Its listed in Services. And also listed in Firewall dependencies.

The bad news is that I cant get it running. Error 5, Access is Denied.

Definitely some progress.

 

[delphin]

That is what i thought, because the problem is not with you bfe service. Okay lets find out.

Type eventvwr.msc in run and you will get event viewer. find event related to this and post back.

Try to start all the problematic services from command prompt and post back the results for all of them

 

[Vistification]

Try to start all the problematic services from command prompt and post back the results for all of them

sc start dhcp

SERVICE_NAME: dhcp
TYPE : 20 WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS
STATE : 2 START_PENDING
(NOT_STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE, IGNORES_SHUTDOWN)
WIN32_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
CHECKPOINT : 0x0
WAIT_HINT : 0x7d0
PID : 1080
FLAGS :

sc start BFE

SERVICE_NAME: BFE
TYPE : 20 WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS
STATE : 2 START_PENDING
(NOT_STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE, IGNORES_SHUTDOWN)
WIN32_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
CHECKPOINT : 0x0
WAIT_HINT : 0x7d0
PID : 828
FLAGS :

sc start mpssvc
[SC] StartService FAILED 1068:

The dependency service or group failed to start.


_________________

Event Viewer Logs:

Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 30/08/2009 14:13:46
Event ID: 7001
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: unknown
Description:
The Windows Firewall service depends on the Base Filtering Engine service which failed to start because of the following error:
Access is denied.


Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 30/08/2009 14:13:46
Event ID: 7023
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: unknown
Description:
The Base Filtering Engine service terminated with the following error:
Access is denied.

Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 30/08/2009 14:13:23
Event ID: 7023
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: unknown
Description:
The Base Filtering Engine service terminated with the following error:
Access is denied.


Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 30/08/2009 14:12:48
Event ID: 7023
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: unknown
Description:
The DHCP Client service terminated with the following error:
Access is denied.

 

[delphin]

Follow the instructions here and try to start dhcp server

1. click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. Locate and then right-click the following registry subkey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dhcp
3. Click Permissions, click Add, type network service, and then click OK.
4. Click to select the Full Control check box in the Allow column of the Permissions for NETWORK SERVICE box, and then click OK.
5. Locate and then right-click the following registry subkey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip
6. Click Permissions, click Add, type network service, and then click OK.
7. Click to select the Full Control check box in the Allow column of the Permissions for NETWORK SERVICE box, and then click OK.

I would suggest you to restore your default permission settings

How do I restore security settings to the default settings?

Post back the result

 

[Vistification]

Follow the instructions here and try to start dhcp server

1. On the upgraded Windows Server 2003-based domain controller, click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. Locate and then right-click the following registry subkey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dhcp
3. Click Permissions, click Add, type network service, and then click OK.
4. Click to select the Full Control check box in the Allow column of the Permissions for NETWORK SERVICE box, and then click OK.
5. Locate and then right-click the following registry subkey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip
6. Click Permissions, click Add, type network service, and then click OK.
7. Click to select the Full Control check box in the Allow column of the Permissions for NETWORK SERVICE box, and then click OK.

I would suggest you to restore your default permission settings

How do I restore security settings to the default settings?

Post back the result

Hey.
Thanks for sticking with me. I tried both of these solutions before posting the topic, and also just again. They dont seem to do anything.

But I just noticed in the event viewer logs that the User Field is "N/A". Is this supposed to be the case?

 

[delphin]

Is your computer a part of domain network?

post or attach the log on tab for all services.

 

[Vistification]

Hey.

My computer isnt part of any domain. But I reset my Vista to factory settings and am in the process of reinstalling the programs I use. Everything is working fine now.
In the future I will make more use of backup tools.

Thanks for the support.

 

[delphin]