Diagnostic Policy Service - Access Denied

[Shannon]

I am running Vista on a Dell and have connectivity to my wireless network,
however, I am unable to connect to the network. When I try to run the
diagnostic serivce it suggests, I get the following message:

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

I am logged in as admin.

Any thoughts!!??

 

[Lem]

I am running Vista on a Dell and have connectivity to my wireless network,
however, I am unable to connect to the network. When I try to run the
diagnostic serivce it suggests, I get the following message:

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

I am logged in as admin.

Any thoughts!!??

Thought 1: post in a Vista group:

microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_account_passwords
microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
microsoft.public.windows.vista.security
microsoft.public.windows.vista.games

Thought 2: see this thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...read/thread/66ad6c999661fbc7/b3587939980ea91?