Thanks I did that and then rebooted and things all seemed to start again. See
my comments to Gerry also for more details.
--
Dan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin


"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Click start/run, type services.msc and click ok. Scroll through the list,
> locate each problematic service and double click it. Make sure the startup
> type is set to automatic. If it already is, then go to the recovery tab and
> set the first failure to restart.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "oknowhi" <oknowhi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F075265A-A88B-496C-B23A-553E9D1D0216@microsoft.com...
> > For the past 3 days I have a problem keeping my local services running. If
> > I
> > reboot for any reason, I have to restart many of them, like the Windows
> > Audio, Security Center, etc. etc.
> >
> > I have Win XP home with SP2.
> > --
> > Dan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
>
>
>