Services not starting in Windows XP

[Guest]

Hello there,

I have a Windows XP OS from 2003 which was never in its history connected to
the internet. I connected it. We had problems connecting to their internet
service but I soon realized that the problem was corrected by going to Admin,
Services and enabling the DHCP - starting it. I did also set it to
automatic.

The main problem is that everytime we reboot virtually all of the important
services are not restarted. The DHCP, the windows automatic updates, the
BITS, the themes, the windows installer, etc... you name it.....many
important services are not started and I ALWAYS have to go into services and
START the specific service including the EWIDO/AVG antivirus stuff I
installed for example.

I am at a loss. Can I reinstall the services.msc which will default to the
appropriate values for restarting? I did "author" the services.msc by right
clicking on it and tried to save it once the changes had been made to the
appropriate services that should have been starting but this doesn't seem to
have worked.

I have connected their computer to the internet and installed the multitude
of updates that it needed including windows service pack 2 and I feel that
somewhere along the way things must have gotten corrupted. I would be very
grateful if you had any suggestions.

Thank you,
ST

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hello there,

I have a Windows XP OS from 2003 which was never in its history connected
to
the internet. I connected it. We had problems connecting to their
internet
service but I soon realized that the problem was corrected by going to
Admin,
Services and enabling the DHCP - starting it. I did also set it to
automatic.

The main problem is that everytime we reboot virtually all of the
important
services are not restarted. The DHCP, the windows automatic updates, the
BITS, the themes, the windows installer, etc... you name it.....many
important services are not started and I ALWAYS have to go into services
and
START the specific service including the EWIDO/AVG antivirus stuff I
installed for example.

I am at a loss. Can I reinstall the services.msc which will default to
the
appropriate values for restarting? I did "author" the services.msc by
right
clicking on it and tried to save it once the changes had been made to the
appropriate services that should have been starting but this doesn't seem
to
have worked.

I have connected their computer to the internet and installed the
multitude
of updates that it needed including windows service pack 2 and I feel that
somewhere along the way things must have gotten corrupted. I would be
very
grateful if you had any suggestions.

Thank you,
ST

Set the starting mode of your services to "Automatic", then check
the Event Viewer for error messages.