Help: "Server service is not started"

[Zak]

My setup is a standalone PC running Win XP Pro/SP1 and is
connected to the Net via a cable modem.

I was following the steps in this Microsoft article:
"How to set, view, change, or remove file and folder permissions"
<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418>

In the article section called:
"Manage shared files and folders by using Computer Management"
it recommends I go to:
Computer Management > Shared folders > Shares.

However when I click that 'Shares' option I get this message:

The following error occurred while reading the
list of shares for Windows clients:
Error 2114: The Server service is not started.

I am confused. What is the name of this "server service" in the
Services screen?

Should I be running a server service if I am standalone? AFAICT
none of my software is offering me to be a service to PCs on the
Net.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

The Server service should be set to start automatically. Is it? Start,
Administrative Tools, Services and scroll down to Server.


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[Dave Patrick]

You'll need to bind "File and Printer Sharing" to the connection. Control
Panel|Network|"connection"|Properties

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[frodo]

However when I click that 'Shares' option I get this message:

The following error occurred while reading the
list of shares for Windows clients:
Error 2114: The Server service is not started.

I am confused. What is the name of this "server service" in the
Services screen?

Should I be running a server service if I am standalone? AFAICT
none of my software is offering me to be a service to PCs on the
Net.

The Server Service is named "Server".

This is "normal"; you have not enabled "File and Printer Sharing" on your
system. And no, for a stand alone system you do not NEED to. Just ignore
the error, you have no shares (which is a good thing!).

If you really do want to "install" File and Printer Sharing, the easiest
way to do that is to simply run the Network Setup Wizzard. After doing
that you'll find that you do now have a Server service, as well as
Terminal Server and Workstation services. [make sure you're behind a
firewall if you're allowing these services to run!]. Note that they'll
consume memory and cpu resources, so if you don't REALLY need them then
don't install them.

Note that some tools/utilities do require these services, even if they're
not actually sharing anything (MS Baseline Security Analyzer is one).
But for the most part you don't need these services on a standalone
system, so if you can get by without them you'll be better off (security-
and resource- wise).

 

[Kelly]

Great reply.

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However when I click that 'Shares' option I get this message:

The following error occurred while reading the
list of shares for Windows clients:
Error 2114: The Server service is not started.

I am confused. What is the name of this "server service" in the
Services screen?

Should I be running a server service if I am standalone? AFAICT
none of my software is offering me to be a service to PCs on the
Net.

The Server Service is named "Server".

This is "normal"; you have not enabled "File and Printer Sharing" on your
system. And no, for a stand alone system you do not NEED to. Just ignore
the error, you have no shares (which is a good thing!).

If you really do want to "install" File and Printer Sharing, the easiest
way to do that is to simply run the Network Setup Wizzard. After doing
that you'll find that you do now have a Server service, as well as
Terminal Server and Workstation services. [make sure you're behind a
firewall if you're allowing these services to run!]. Note that they'll
consume memory and cpu resources, so if you don't REALLY need them then
don't install them.

Note that some tools/utilities do require these services, even if they're
not actually sharing anything (MS Baseline Security Analyzer is one).
But for the most part you don't need these services on a standalone
system, so if you can get by without them you'll be better off (security-
and resource- wise).

 

[Kelly]

Or: Start/Run: services.msc

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Prayers and Hope for the remaining displaced.

 

[Zak]

On Mon 24 Oct 2005 18:46:43, wrote:

The Server Service is named "Server".

Um, this is not looking too good here because I don't have a service
in the list of services which is called "Server".

This is "normal"; you have not enabled "File and Printer
Sharing" on your system. And no, for a stand alone system you
do not NEED to. Just ignore the error, you have no shares
(which is a good thing!).

OK, thank you for pointing that out.

If you really do want to "install" File and Printer Sharing, the
easiest way to do that is to simply run the Network Setup
Wizzard. After doing that you'll find that you do now have a
Server service, as well as Terminal Server and Workstation
services. [make sure you're behind a firewall if you're
allowing these services to run!]. Note that they'll consume
memory and cpu resources, so if you don't REALLY need them then
don't install them.

I don't really want to share anything as I am standalone except for
my solo net connection. So I will leave File & Print sharing alone.

Note that some tools/utilities do require these services, even
if they're not actually sharing anything (MS Baseline Security
Analyzer is one). But for the most part you don't need these
services on a standalone system, so if you can get by without
them you'll be better off (security- and resource- wise).

I think MBSA is probably worth having. I can't get it to run and
from what you say I guess it's the lack of the Server service which
is the cause.

In my connection properties the only item I have got is TCP/IP. (No
client for MS this or that, no QoS, no nothing else.) ISTR that I
left out as much as possible (probably for security reasons).

So now I need to get the Server service back. Can I get it by
somehow installing it from the XP Installation CD?

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

(snip)

I think MBSA is probably worth having. I can't get it to run and
from what you say I guess it's the lack of the Server service which
is the cause.

In my connection properties the only item I have got is TCP/IP. (No
client for MS this or that, no QoS, no nothing else.) ISTR that I
left out as much as possible (probably for security reasons).

So now I need to get the Server service back. Can I get it by
somehow installing it from the XP Installation CD?

Hi,

The only way to get the Server service installed is to install
"File & Print Sharing".

To run MBSA locally, I don't think you need to have "File & Print
Sharing" though, so you can remove the check mark on the "File &
Print Sharing" entry in the Network connection listing...

 

[frodo]

To run MBSA locally, I don't think you need to have "File & Print
Sharing" though, so you can remove the check mark on the "File &
Print Sharing" entry in the Network connection listing...

Yes, absolutely; if you do install it, UNCHECK it in the tcp/ip properties
dialog so it is NOT linked into the connection. Then you'll have the
service but it won't be available over TCP/IP.

 

[Zak]

On Wed 26 Oct 2005 14:25:25, Frodo wrote:

Yes, absolutely; if you do install it, UNCHECK it in the tcp/ip
properties dialog so it is NOT linked into the connection. Then
you'll have the service but it won't be available over TCP/IP.

What do I need to do to install it? Is there some menu option
somewhere to request it?

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

On Wed 26 Oct 2005 14:25:25, Frodo wrote:




What do I need to do to install it? Is there some menu option
somewhere to request it?

Hi,

In the Control Panel, open Network Connections.

Right-click on 'Local Area Connection' and select Properties.

Click on the "Install..." button, select "Service" and click "Add...".

Select 'File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks', and press OK.

After it is installed, you can remove the tick in the checkbox in front
of it.