WebClient stuck in STOPPING status

[ianw]

I'm trying to use ElephantDrive's TrunkDrive, a way of mounting their
backup server as a drive on my PC using, I believe, windav.

It is not however working and its been suggested that the reason is
that my WebClient service is stuck in STOPPING status.

I tried setting it to be started manually and, after reboot was able
to start it and immediately received the message that it had started
and stopped, though the status remains "STOPPING".

Presumably I need to get this to stay started in order to use webdav
services. Can anyone suggest what might be wrong?

XP Pro+SP3.

ian
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[smlunatick]

I'm trying to use ElephantDrive's TrunkDrive, a way of mounting their
backup server as a drive on my PC using, I believe, windav.

It is not however working and its been suggested that the reason is
that my WebClient service is stuck in STOPPING status.

I tried setting it to be started manually and, after reboot was able
to start it and immediately received the message that it had started
and stopped, though the status remains "STOPPING".

Presumably I need to get this to stay started in order to use webdav
services.  Can anyone suggest what might be wrong?

XP Pro+SP3.

ian
...

Windav seems to be the same protocol that allows "us" to access
Hotmail within Outlook Express (????) Microsoft has been
"threatening" to turn this protocol off since they believe it will
stop a huge number of SPAM emails from being sent out (especially if
sent thru Hotmail.) I am not certain if they done this yet?