Cannot access services

[Chet]

Whenever I try and run defrag I get the following "Windows
cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may
not have appropriate permission to access the item." This
occurs when I try ann run anything from the admin tools
control panel. If I try and run msconfig no problem but
when I try and run services.msc I get the same error
message. If I try run cmd I also get the same message. I
have scanned registry settings, checked permissions etc....
still no resolution. Any insights would be appreciated.
Cheers

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm and scroll down to
Item No. 291 (Restore Defrag Snap-In).

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Kelly Theriot]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| Whenever I try and run defrag I get the following "Windows
| cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may
| not have appropriate permission to access the item." This
| occurs when I try ann run anything from the admin tools
| control panel. If I try and run msconfig no problem but
| when I try and run services.msc I get the same error
| message. If I try run cmd I also get the same message. I
| have scanned registry settings, checked permissions etc....
| still no resolution. Any insights would be appreciated.
| Cheers

 

[Guest]

ello Carey --- thank you for your suggestion. I had tried
all of the tweaks at Kelly's site, including the cmd
Snap-In before my post. Unfortunately none of them have
worked to resolve the problem. This is a wierd one. Let me
expand on a couple of additional points that I should have
made. Also from the Systems Tools I can run restore,
cleanmgr but not defrag. All of the modules including
defrag are in the proper directory and exist. Any further
thoughts would be appreciated.
Cheers