security center won't start

i recently installed sp2 and could not restat system afterwards, so i
installed a copy of xp sp2 that was downloaded from my school on the msdn
website, still would not boot, so i started from cd and went backwards to xp
sp1 system boots and runs normal i went to update and was able to update
windows installer 3.1 and update for bits 2.0.

but i cannot download any more updates, they all come as 0 kb's, with a
message that says
Successful: 0
Failed: 58
Remaining: 0


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Successful Updates


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Failed Updates
For help installing an update successfully, see the solution under each
problem description.


Problem: End User License Agreement (EULA) Not Accepted
Solution: Check for updates again and wait while you install updates. You
will be asked to accept the EULA before any updates with a EULA can be
installed.

Problem: Not Enough Disk Space
Solution: To make more space available, run the Disk Cleanup tool or
uninstall any programs that you don’t use. For directions, see Help and
Support on your computer.

Problem: Automatic Updates is currently installing updates
Solution: Please wait until Automatic Updates is complete and then check
your update history. At that time, if the update has failed to install, you
can try installing it from the website.
Note: To view Automatic Updates progress, click the updating icon in your
System Tray.

Problem: Please check your update history for a description.

Problem: A problem on your computer is preventing updates from being
downloaded or installed
Solution: To fix the problem, try installing the updates again. If that
doesn't work, use the Troubleshooter to try solve the problem.

Microsoft Windows XP
Security Update for Windows XP (KB873339)
................................................
i left out all but 1st and last update, there 58 of them total

Security Update for Windows XP (KB890046)


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Remaining High-Priority Updates
Your computer might be at risk until you install all high-priority updates.
These updates help protect against security threats and performance problems.




--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



To review all updates you’ve installed from this website or by turning on
automatic updating on your computer, see your update history.


when i start checking things out i find that security center is not running
i have read and tried running
services.msc

i get message : could not start security center on local machine.
error 1083: the executable program that this service is configured to run in
does not implement the service.

security center is set on: automatic
this the path to the executable:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs

should i just reinstall windows or wipe the drive and start over? this is
not my primary drive on the system i also run x64 on this rig, i just use
this hdd for gaming

i just hate tiny little problems that ----------------AGRIVATE ME!

thanx for any help you can give to help me fix this - Rick

Do you run any Norton AV or Internet Security software? I'm betting you do.
Let us know.

On Aug 1, 10:02 am, "Maincat" <st...@nospam.org.uk> wrote:
> Do you run any Norton AV or Internet Security software? I'm betting you do.
> Let us know.

I'm not the original poster but I have the same problem on one XP SP2
machine- and yes, it started after installing NAV2007.

For one thing, I can't restart the security center service through the
'services' panel. I've noticed that the path name is completely
screwed up to look like this:

\SystemRoot\C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs

I've installed NAV2007 on other similar computers that were configured
to *not* alert to Windows updates whereas the one I'm on was so
configured. I suspect that has something to do with why this
particular machine is fubared and I'm able to at least manually start
the security center on the other ones. Spybot will even do the repair.
What ticks me off is that Norton disables the security center on each
restart - unlike NAV2006 where at least I was able to disable the
Norton protection center and permanently set the Windows security
center to 'automatic'.

I keep hoping Microsoft releases a fix at some point to protect its
security center from the malware-like behaviour of Norton.

/rant,
/hunter

"swmpthng" wrote:

> i recently installed sp2 and could not restat system afterwards, so i
> installed a copy of xp sp2 that was downloaded from my school on the msdn
> website, still would not boot, so i started from cd and went backwards to xp
> sp1 system boots and runs normal i went to update and was able to update
> windows installer 3.1 and update for bits 2.0.
>
> but i cannot download any more updates, they all come as 0 kb's, with a
> message that says
> Successful: 0
> Failed: 58
> Remaining: 0
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Successful Updates
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Failed Updates
> For help installing an update successfully, see the solution under each
> problem description.
>
>
> Problem: End User License Agreement (EULA) Not Accepted
> Solution: Check for updates again and wait while you install updates. You
> will be asked to accept the EULA before any updates with a EULA can be
> installed.
>
> Problem: Not Enough Disk Space
> Solution: To make more space available, run the Disk Cleanup tool or
> uninstall any programs that you don’t use. For directions, see Help and
> Support on your computer.
>
> Problem: Automatic Updates is currently installing updates
> Solution: Please wait until Automatic Updates is complete and then check
> your update history. At that time, if the update has failed to install, you
> can try installing it from the website.
> Note: To view Automatic Updates progress, click the updating icon in your
> System Tray.
>
> Problem: Please check your update history for a description.
>
> Problem: A problem on your computer is preventing updates from being
> downloaded or installed
> Solution: To fix the problem, try installing the updates again. If that
> doesn't work, use the Troubleshooter to try solve the problem.
>
> Microsoft Windows XP
> Security Update for Windows XP (KB873339)
> ...............................................
> i left out all but 1st and last update, there 58 of them total
>
> Security Update for Windows XP (KB890046)
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Remaining High-Priority Updates
> Your computer might be at risk until you install all high-priority updates.
> These updates help protect against security threats and performance problems.
>
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> To review all updates you’ve installed from this website or by turning on
> automatic updating on your computer, see your update history.
>
>
> when i start checking things out i find that security center is not running
> i have read and tried running
> services.msc
>
> i get message : could not start security center on local machine.
> error 1083: the executable program that this service is configured to run in
> does not implement the service.
>
> security center is set on: automatic
> this the path to the executable:
> C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
>
> should i just reinstall windows or wipe the drive and start over? this is
> not my primary drive on the system i also run x64 on this rig, i just use
> this hdd for gaming
>
> i just hate tiny little problems that ----------------AGRIVATE ME!
>
> thanx for any help you can give to help me fix this - Rick

i'm also posting about this at overclocker.com security forum.

"hunter@attcanada.net" wrote:

> On Aug 1, 10:02 am, "Maincat" <st...@nospam.org.uk> wrote:
> > Do you run any Norton AV or Internet Security software? I'm betting you do.
> > Let us know.
>
> I'm not the original poster but I have the same problem on one XP SP2
> machine- and yes, it started after installing NAV2007.
>
> For one thing, I can't restart the security center service through the
> 'services' panel. I've noticed that the path name is completely
> screwed up to look like this:
>
> \SystemRoot\C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
>
> I've installed NAV2007 on other similar computers that were configured
> to *not* alert to Windows updates whereas the one I'm on was so
> configured. I suspect that has something to do with why this
> particular machine is fubared and I'm able to at least manually start
> the security center on the other ones. Spybot will even do the repair.
> What ticks me off is that Norton disables the security center on each
> restart - unlike NAV2006 where at least I was able to disable the
> Norton protection center and permanently set the Windows security
> center to 'automatic'.
>
> I keep hoping Microsoft releases a fix at some point to protect its
> security center from the malware-like behaviour of Norton.
>
> /rant,
> /hunter
>
> i have been using avast4home now for 3 or 4 yearswithout a glitch and it has caught things that norton and mc afee did not and is much easier to use, security center comes up on my other machine and on the machine in question on the other hdd which runs winxp x64, i have another rig that runs just fine except i cannot ping out to any website, i also for about 2-3 weeks have not been able to use my router (which is a pain in the !@#$%) and my router software and my comcast isp software will not recognize that i have an internet connectionbut yet i can upload and download any thing just as if i have no problem. i cannot manually start security center using services.msc (as previously stated) command, is there another way?

<hunter@attcanada.net> wrote in message
news:1186007111.969876.206040@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 1, 10:02 am, "Maincat" <st...@nospam.org.uk> wrote:
>> Do you run any Norton AV or Internet Security software? I'm betting you
>> do.
>> Let us know.
>
> I'm not the original poster but I have the same problem on one XP SP2
> machine- and yes, it started after installing NAV2007.
>
> For one thing, I can't restart the security center service through the
> 'services' panel. I've noticed that the path name is completely
> screwed up to look like this:
>
> \SystemRoot\C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
>
> I've installed NAV2007 on other similar computers that were configured
> to *not* alert to Windows updates whereas the one I'm on was so
> configured. I suspect that has something to do with why this
> particular machine is fubared and I'm able to at least manually start
> the security center on the other ones. Spybot will even do the repair.
> What ticks me off is that Norton disables the security center on each
> restart - unlike NAV2006 where at least I was able to disable the
> Norton protection center and permanently set the Windows security
> center to 'automatic'.
>
> I keep hoping Microsoft releases a fix at some point to protect its
> security center from the malware-like behaviour of Norton.
>
> /rant,
> /hunter


I doubt they will, but you can hope. The only answer I've used myself was
to totally get rid of Norton and use another solution, like F-Secure at
www.f-secure.com There are many other solutions (some free) which are just
as good.
--
Steve
CompTIA A+, Network+, MCP, MCDST
http://www.milward.org.uk
http://blog.milward.org.uk/blog

On Aug 2, 6:45 am, "Maincat" <st...@nospam.org.uk> wrote:
> <hun...@attcanada.net> wrote in message
>
> news:1186007111.969876.206040@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Aug 1, 10:02 am, "Maincat" <st...@nospam.org.uk> wrote:
> >> Do you run any Norton AV or Internet Security software? I'm betting you
> >> do.
> >> Let us know.
>
> > I'm not the original poster but I have the same problem on one XP SP2
> > machine- and yes, it started after installing NAV2007.
>
> > For one thing, I can't restart the security center service through the
> > 'services' panel. I've noticed that the path name is completely
> > screwed up to look like this:
>
> > \SystemRoot\C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
>
> > I've installed NAV2007 on other similar computers that were configured
> > to *not* alert to Windows updates whereas the one I'm on was so
> > configured. I suspect that has something to do with why this
> > particular machine is fubared and I'm able to at least manually start
> > the security center on the other ones. Spybot will even do the repair.
> > What ticks me off is that Norton disables the security center on each
> > restart - unlike NAV2006 where at least I was able to disable the
> > Norton protection center and permanently set the Windows security
> > center to 'automatic'.
>
> > I keep hoping Microsoft releases a fix at some point to protect its
> > security center from the malware-like behaviour of Norton.
>
> > /rant,
> > /hunter
>
> I doubt they will, but you can hope. The only answer I've used myself was
> to totally get rid of Norton and use another solution, like F-Secure atwww.f-secure.com There are many other solutions (some free) which are just
> as good.
> --
> Steve
> CompTIA A+, Network+, MCP, MCDSThttp://www.milward.org.ukhttp://blog.milward.org.uk/blog- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Do you think that removing Norton would fix that corrupted file
pathway? I'm dubious about that happening but I'm not really all that
computer savvy and am probably wrong....

/hunter

<hunter@attcanada.net> wrote in message
news:1186072720.090570.122940@q3g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 2, 6:45 am, "Maincat" <st...@nospam.org.uk> wrote:
>> <hun...@attcanada.net> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1186007111.969876.206040@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Aug 1, 10:02 am, "Maincat" <st...@nospam.org.uk> wrote:
>> >> Do you run any Norton AV or Internet Security software? I'm betting
>> >> you
>> >> do.
>> >> Let us know.
>>
>> > I'm not the original poster but I have the same problem on one XP SP2
>> > machine- and yes, it started after installing NAV2007.
>>
>> > For one thing, I can't restart the security center service through the
>> > 'services' panel. I've noticed that the path name is completely
>> > screwed up to look like this:
>>
>> > \SystemRoot\C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
>>
>> > I've installed NAV2007 on other similar computers that were configured
>> > to *not* alert to Windows updates whereas the one I'm on was so
>> > configured. I suspect that has something to do with why this
>> > particular machine is fubared and I'm able to at least manually start
>> > the security center on the other ones. Spybot will even do the repair.
>> > What ticks me off is that Norton disables the security center on each
>> > restart - unlike NAV2006 where at least I was able to disable the
>> > Norton protection center and permanently set the Windows security
>> > center to 'automatic'.
>>
>> > I keep hoping Microsoft releases a fix at some point to protect its
>> > security center from the malware-like behaviour of Norton.
>>
>> > /rant,
>> > /hunter
>>
>> I doubt they will, but you can hope. The only answer I've used myself
>> was
>> to totally get rid of Norton and use another solution, like F-Secure
>> atwww.f-secure.com There are many other solutions (some free) which are
>> just
>> as good.
>> --
>> Steve
>> CompTIA A+, Network+, MCP,
>> MCDSThttp://www.milward.org.ukhttp://blog.milward.org.uk/blog- Hide
>> quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Do you think that removing Norton would fix that corrupted file
> pathway? I'm dubious about that happening but I'm not really all that
> computer savvy and am probably wrong....
>
> /hunter


My advice would be to remove Norton. If you still can't open Security
Centre, you can re-install Norton. I'm not sure what you mean by corrupted
file pathway. The pathway should read C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k
netsvcs

"swmpthng" wrote:

> i recently installed sp2 and could not restat system afterwards, so i
> installed a copy of xp sp2 that was downloaded from my school on the msdn
> website, still would not boot, so i started from cd and went backwards to xp
> sp1 system boots and runs normal i went to update and was able to update
> windows installer 3.1 and update for bits 2.0.
>
> but i cannot download any more updates, they all come as 0 kb's, with a
> message that says
> Successful: 0
> Failed: 58
> Remaining: 0
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Successful Updates
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Failed Updates
> For help installing an update successfully, see the solution under each
> problem description.
>
>
> Problem: End User License Agreement (EULA) Not Accepted
> Solution: Check for updates again and wait while you install updates. You
> will be asked to accept the EULA before any updates with a EULA can be
> installed.
>
> Problem: Not Enough Disk Space
> Solution: To make more space available, run the Disk Cleanup tool or
> uninstall any programs that you don’t use. For directions, see Help and
> Support on your computer.
>
> Problem: Automatic Updates is currently installing updates
> Solution: Please wait until Automatic Updates is complete and then check
> your update history. At that time, if the update has failed to install, you
> can try installing it from the website.
> Note: To view Automatic Updates progress, click the updating icon in your
> System Tray.
>
> Problem: Please check your update history for a description.
>
> Problem: A problem on your computer is preventing updates from being
> downloaded or installed
> Solution: To fix the problem, try installing the updates again. If that
> doesn't work, use the Troubleshooter to try solve the problem.
>
> Microsoft Windows XP
> Security Update for Windows XP (KB873339)
> ...............................................
> i left out all but 1st and last update, there 58 of them total
>
> Security Update for Windows XP (KB890046)
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Remaining High-Priority Updates
> Your computer might be at risk until you install all high-priority updates.
> These updates help protect against security threats and performance problems.
>
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> To review all updates you’ve installed from this website or by turning on
> automatic updating on your computer, see your update history.
>
>
> when i start checking things out i find that security center is not running
> i have read and tried running
> services.msc
>
> i get message : could not start security center on local machine.
> error 1083: the executable program that this service is configured to run in
> does not implement the service.
>
> security center is set on: automatic
> this the path to the executable:
> C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
>
> should i just reinstall windows or wipe the drive and start over? this is
> not my primary drive on the system i also run x64 on this rig, i just use
> this hdd for gaming
>
> i just hate tiny little problems that ----------------AGRIVATE ME!
>
> thanx for any help you can give to help me fix this - Rick

On Aug 2, 10:05 am, "Maincat" <st...@nospam.org.uk> wrote:
> <hun...@attcanada.net> wrote in message

<stuff snipped for brevity's sake>

> My advice would be to remove Norton. If you still can't open Security
> Centre, you can re-install Norton. I'm not sure what you mean by corrupted
> file pathway. The pathway should read C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k
> netsvcs- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Yes, the pathway *should* say that but mine says:

\SystemRoot\C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs

It has that \SystemRoot\ bit and when I do try to start the security
center, I get:

Error 123: The filename, directory name or volume label syntax is
incorrect.

So I'm not sure uninstalling Norton will fix that issue.

/hunter

[barlim]

security center is set on: automatic <- set to manual, start it
this the path to the executable:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs <- SystemRoot missing
\SystemRoot\C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs <- remove c:\windows\ from string