Security Centre service won't start

[Happo]

New installation of XP Pro. Can't start security centre or Firewall/ICS services. Get "Error 1075 - The dependency service does not exist or has been marked for deletion."

I have checked the following dependencies are started:
Application Layer Gateway Service
Windows Management Service

Have tried a few other things, unsuccessfully
netsh winsock reset
netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt

Any help appreciated.

Daniel.

 

[linney]

This articles will give you a clue as to where I am coming from.

DHCP Client Initializes Improperly and Causes an Invalid IP Address

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;812335&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

You receive a "System error 1075 has occurred" error message when you try to start the Background Intelligent Transfer Service

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;839089&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

FOR YOUR PARTICULAR PROBLEM use this information and see if you can apply or use it.

Service Names -

wscsvc = Security Center
SharedAccess = Windows Firewall


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ENTER THE SERVICE NAME HERE

DependOnService is a value.


Check or edit the value to delete incorrect items from the dependency list and see if you can start the services?

 

[Happo]

I see where you are going.

Thanks linney I'll check it out.

 

[Happo]

No go.

Going to try a repair reinstallation, I think it may be simpler than spending any more time on this.

Daniel.

 

[diggerflynn]

I muscled through this same issue. Seems to happen when you uninstall Norton. The keys for Norton remain as Dependencies for the Security Center. [This also cleared up the networking problems]

Here's what worked for me:
1. Open regedit
2. Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess
3. Delete the entry for the DependOnService
4. Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wscsvc
5. Delete the entry for the DependOnService
6. Close out regedit and Restart

Hope that helps...