Workstation Service (And Other Related Items) Won't Start

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I'm posting this here as a "service" (pun intended) after over 20 hours and 2
days of research on how to solve the problem of the Windows XP Workstation
Service and other related items (RDR Device Driver, MRxSmb Device Driver, and
Computer Browser Service, just to name a few) suddenly refusing to load and
run, for unknown reasons.
In my case I uninstalled Norton SystemWorks and Personal Firewall prior to
installing Windows OneCare Live, but I can't prove that's what did the evil
deeds in question.
Anyway, I finally ran across two very valuable articles, and wanted to share
them with any and all who may be having these same sanity-destroying problems:

http://www.jasonhartman.net/2005/01/problem-starting-server-and.html

http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=9252870#post9252870

With any luck one or both of these postings will solve your dilemma,
hopefully in minutes rather than the many hours it took me to ferret them out.

Oh and maybe, just maybe someone from Microsoft will take note and actually
include the fixes in their Knowledge Base, since it's obvious that a
siginificant number of users are experiencing these real pain-the-neck
glitches.
 
Thank you for sharing these information with us.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
I'm posting this here as a "service" (pun intended) after over 20 hours and 2
days of research on how to solve the problem of the Windows XP Workstation
Service and other related items (RDR Device Driver, MRxSmb Device Driver, and
Computer Browser Service, just to name a few) suddenly refusing to load and
run, for unknown reasons.
In my case I uninstalled Norton SystemWorks and Personal Firewall prior to
installing Windows OneCare Live, but I can't prove that's what did the evil
deeds in question.
Anyway, I finally ran across two very valuable articles, and wanted to share
them with any and all who may be having these same sanity-destroying problems:

http://www.jasonhartman.net/2005/01/problem-starting-server-and.html

http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=9252870#post9252870

With any luck one or both of these postings will solve your dilemma,
hopefully in minutes rather than the many hours it took me to ferret them out.

Oh and maybe, just maybe someone from Microsoft will take note and actually
include the fixes in their Knowledge Base, since it's obvious that a
siginificant number of users are experiencing these real pain-the-neck
glitches.
 
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