HELP!!...My WIN 7 Services are all screwy! Issues with my logons

[DarkFudge2000]

Folks I am getting consistent EVENT ERRORS in the Administrative Event Logs every few minutes that is having issues with my credentials in the LOG ON tabs of a few WIndows 7 Services:

Here's one of them


The Network List Service service depends on the Network Location Awareness service which failed to start because of the following error:
The account specified for this service is different from the account specified for other services running in the same process.

My machine works fine and I am able to do all the things in Windows with no problems...but these continuos log of errors in my Event Viewer has me concerned that this isnt right


ANy help from a Networking or Windows 7 pro would be very much appreciated

thanks



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[DarkFudge2000]

I switched the icon from the default Local Administrator to my Local desktop and now I get the following error:

The Computer Browser service depends on the Workstation service which failed to start because of the following error:
This security ID may not be assigned as the owner of this object.

 

[DarkFudge2000]

Folks is there an easy way to simply set all my services and LOG ON permissions back to default???

 

[DarkFudge2000]

If there is NOT.....What would be the BEST way to reset these settings with the Windows 7 CD without losing all my installed apps and drivers?

 

[JackMDS]

This page displays the Default configuration of all services.

Ignore the Safe, Tweaked, and Bare Bones Col., they are the source of many user's troubles.

Just use the Default settings as a frame of reference.


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[Nothinman]

Not that I'm aware of, these aren't things you should be messing with unless you're sure about what you're doing. Doing a repair install may fix it, but I've never had a reason to try that.

 

[DarkFudge2000]

OK thanks...then would it be possible for me to plug a Sata Hot Swappable drive ( I have 2 sata swappable bays in the front of my Gateway case begging to be used) into my CPU and simply do a 1:1 disk copy of my main drive, then reformat the main drive and do a clean Windows install and start from scratch? (with peice of mind that the entire original drive is backed up on my hot swapped Drive)

Also, to go even 1 further, would that hot swap drive now be bootable exactly the way it used to be on the original drive if I select that hot swapped drive as the 1st Boot Up option in my BIOS?


I think it would be cool to choose which drive I want to boot up into for the next few days while I tinker.....sound like a feasible and doable work flow??

Care to poke some holes in it?...or make an even better suggestion?

 

[JackMDS]

The StratUp Repair of Win 7 is Not like the one that is on Win XP. It does not refresh the whole OS installation it mainly deals with StratUp issues.

Since Win 7 loads most of the its install DVD onto the HD this is the way to start checking the core installation.

SFC Scan Now

Open an elevated command prompt, type in sfc /scannow and press Enter.

It should scan the system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions.

More Information about SFC scan can be found in this document: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

***Note, if this process shows too many mistakes and cannot correct them, it is advisable to reinstall Windows 7.


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[Nothinman]

The StratUp Repair of Win 7 is Not like the one that is on Win XP. It does not refresh the whole OS installation it mainly deals with StratUp issues.

Since Win 7 loads most of the its install DVD onto the HD this is the way to start checking the core installation.

SFC Scan Now

Open an elevated command prompt, type in sfc /scannow and press Enter.

It should scan the system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions.

More Information about SFC scan can be found in this document: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

***Note, if this process shows too many mistakes and cannot correct them, it is advisable to reinstall Windows 7.


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That will verify the integrity of the individual files, but not the services configurations or authentication configuration.

 

[DarkFudge2000]

Guys...thank you all for your help especially the last few who assisted...you guys are very bright individuals but I think Nottiham is right, that sfc/ scan suggestion is a great one , which I've already tried, is good but not appropriate for my situation. It just replaces incorrect versions it doesnt reset the Services Log On Ownerships and settings....

But fear not friendly helpers, I reverted back to the dummy way of doing things and simply opened up my laptop side by side with my screwed up desktop and went thru each of the 160 odd somethin' services and made sure they matched and where they didnt, I simply typed in the appropriate credentials as they appear on my laptop and that pretty much got me back on track......Whhhheeeeew. Fixed!....FOr now

Now perhaps you helpful young lads can assist me in my next idea to help me keep a 2nd operating system on my PC:

would it be possible for me to plug a Sata Hot Swappable drive ( I have 2 sata swappable bays in the front of my Gateway case begging to be used) into my CPU and simply do a 1:1 disk copy of my main drive, then reformat the main drive and do a clean Windows install and start from scratch? (with piece of mind that the entire original drive is backed up on my hot swapped Drive)

Also, to go even 1 further, would that hot swap drive now be bootable exactly the way it used to be on the original drive if I select that hot swapped drive as the 1st Boot Up option in my BIOS?


I think it would be cool to choose which drive I want to boot up into for the next few days while I tinker.....sound like a feasible and doable work flow??

Care to poke some holes in it?...or make an even better suggestion?



Thank you kindly my friends

 

[Nothinman]

It should work fine as long as the image is made properly. That's a popular method for dual booting since it insulates the OSes from each other.

 

[alkemyst]

I have had to fix Win 7 installs where the security descriptors get wacked.

I don't have the time to look up the write ups, but you basically go in to Explorer and set the securities proper for your folders and then run the cacls tool from the command prompt to reset everything.

 

[DarkFudge2000]

Alkemyst...thanks for that Cacls command tip.....however I think I may have stumbled upon something for future use that might be more related to what I was looking for with the Services Policies and resetting them all ....I think


Security Configuration and Analysis

Security Configuration and Analysis is a tool for analyzing and configuring local system security. Security Configuration and Analysis enables you to quickly review security analysis results and directly configure local system security. It presents recommendations alongside of current system settings and uses visual flags or remarks to highlight any areas where the current settings do not match the proposed level of security. Security Configuration and Analysis also offers the ability to resolve any discrepancies that analysis reveals. Through its use of personal databases, you can import security templates that have been created with Security Templates and apply these templates to the local computer. This immediately configures the system security with the levels specified in the template.

Analyze system security......

Also


Best practices for Security Configuration and Analysis
Secedit /ExportSecedit.exe is a built-in command line tool that can be used to export the local policy or the merged policy from a Windows machine. You can export the policy state from the machine in its working state and then use the /configure switch to reapply the template onto the machine when in problem state.

For syntax and additional information, refer this (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490997.aspx) .