HI all, my winxp defragment software is not working ,when i clik analyze
nothing seem to be happening . I had tried kelleys corner help tips using
(restore defrag ) but the problem is still the same .Hope you guys can help
me out ,in need to defrag my drive .

Thank you .

How To Fix Windows Built in Defragmenter
http://www.andreasroom.com/blog/arch...18/defrag.aspx

This fix worked for me. dfrgntfs.exe was crashing. Both from defrag.exe in
a command prompt and dfrg.msc.

Start | Run Type: regsvr32 dfrgui.dll | Click OK

Start | Run Type: regsvr32 dfrgsnap.dll | Click OK

Navigate to...
%windir%\inf\ | Right click dfrg.inf | Select Install

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:B3740422-7DFE-46AD-A0CC-9511D1440CB0@microsoft.com,
Ariescheah <Ariescheah@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> HI all, my winxp defragment software is not working ,when i clik analyze
> nothing seem to be happening . I had tried kelleys corner help tips using
> (restore defrag ) but the problem is still the same .Hope you guys can
> help me out ,in need to defrag my drive .
>
> Thank you .

Hello again wesley,hey thanks for your tips in helping me out in this problem ,
Btw there is a services we need to start in order for your tips (DCOM Server
Process Launcher) to fully work.
Thanks again for your time n effort .

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> How To Fix Windows Built in Defragmenter
> http://www.andreasroom.com/blog/arch...18/defrag.aspx
>
> This fix worked for me. dfrgntfs.exe was crashing. Both from defrag.exe in
> a command prompt and dfrg.msc.
>
> Start | Run Type: regsvr32 dfrgui.dll | Click OK
>
> Start | Run Type: regsvr32 dfrgsnap.dll | Click OK
>
> Navigate to...
> %windir%\inf\ | Right click dfrg.inf | Select Install
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:B3740422-7DFE-46AD-A0CC-9511D1440CB0@microsoft.com,
> Ariescheah <Ariescheah@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> > HI all, my winxp defragment software is not working ,when i clik analyze
> > nothing seem to be happening . I had tried kelleys corner help tips using
> > (restore defrag ) but the problem is still the same .Hope you guys can
> > help me out ,in need to defrag my drive .
> >
> > Thank you .
>
>

More Information:

With this service turned Off, the Analyse and Defrag buttons do nothing. And
the console Defrag.exe tool displays this error:

Windows cannot connect to the Disk Defragmenter engine

To enable Defragmenter's functionality, try this:

Click Start, Run and type Services.msc. Double-click "DCOM Server Process
Launcher" service and set it to Automatic. Restart Windows.

Refer: http://snakefoot.fateback.com/tweak/...tml#DCOMLAUNCH

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


"Ariescheah" <Ariescheah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E2101CB5-0E02-43D4-A4DD-75F9C1834415@microsoft.com...
> Hello again wesley,hey thanks for your tips in helping me out in this
> problem ,
> Btw there is a services we need to start in order for your tips (DCOM
> Server
> Process Launcher) to fully work.
> Thanks again for your time n effort .
>
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>
>> How To Fix Windows Built in Defragmenter
>> http://www.andreasroom.com/blog/arch...18/defrag.aspx
>>
>> This fix worked for me. dfrgntfs.exe was crashing. Both from defrag.exe
>> in
>> a command prompt and dfrg.msc.
>>
>> Start | Run Type: regsvr32 dfrgui.dll | Click OK
>>
>> Start | Run Type: regsvr32 dfrgsnap.dll | Click OK
>>
>> Navigate to...
>> %windir%\inf\ | Right click dfrg.inf | Select Install
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:B3740422-7DFE-46AD-A0CC-9511D1440CB0@microsoft.com,
>> Ariescheah <Ariescheah@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
>> > HI all, my winxp defragment software is not working ,when i clik
>> > analyze
>> > nothing seem to be happening . I had tried kelleys corner help tips
>> > using
>> > (restore defrag ) but the problem is still the same .Hope you guys can
>> > help me out ,in need to defrag my drive .
>> >
>> > Thank you .
>>
>>

Hi Ramesh,

DCOM Server Process Launcher is added with SP2. Looks like DcomLaunch not
running causes all kinds of problems.

Add one more to Snakefoot's list:

The Windows Firewall service in Windows XP Service Pack 2, in Windows XP
Professional x64 Edition, in Windows Server 2003 SP1, and in x64-based
versions of Windows Server 2003 cannot start if the DCOM Process Launcher
Service is disabled
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;892504

I do not have SP2 and have all the DCOM and Com+ crap disabled.

COM+ Event System service Disabled
COM+ System Application service Disabled
System Event Notification service Disabled

How to disable DCOM support in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;825750

DCOM Windows XP Do You Need It?
[[Virtually no-one needs it, wants it or uses it! ]]
http://www.updatexp.com/dcom-windows-xp.html

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\OLE
Change the EnableDCOM string value to N.

Might be bad advice if someone has SP2.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:ON0paqB9FHA.3660@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
Ramesh, MS-MVP <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> hunted and pecked:
> More Information:
>
> With this service turned Off, the Analyse and Defrag buttons do nothing.
> And the console Defrag.exe tool displays this error:
>
> Windows cannot connect to the Disk Defragmenter engine
>
> To enable Defragmenter's functionality, try this:
>
> Click Start, Run and type Services.msc. Double-click "DCOM Server Process
> Launcher" service and set it to Automatic. Restart Windows.
>
> Refer:
> http://snakefoot.fateback.com/tweak/...tml#DCOMLAUNCH
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
>
> Windows XP Troubleshooting
> http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Ariescheah" <Ariescheah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E2101CB5-0E02-43D4-A4DD-75F9C1834415@microsoft.com...
>> Hello again wesley,hey thanks for your tips in helping me out in this
>> problem ,
>> Btw there is a services we need to start in order for your tips (DCOM
>> Server
>> Process Launcher) to fully work.
>> Thanks again for your time n effort .
>>
>> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>>
>>> How To Fix Windows Built in Defragmenter
>>> http://www.andreasroom.com/blog/arch...18/defrag.aspx
>>>
>>> This fix worked for me. dfrgntfs.exe was crashing. Both from
>>> defrag.exe in
>>> a command prompt and dfrg.msc.
>>>
>>> Start | Run Type: regsvr32 dfrgui.dll | Click OK
>>>
>>> Start | Run Type: regsvr32 dfrgsnap.dll | Click OK
>>>
>>> Navigate to...
>>> %windir%\inf\ | Right click dfrg.inf | Select Install
>>>
>>> --
>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>
>>> Wes
>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>> In news:B3740422-7DFE-46AD-A0CC-9511D1440CB0@microsoft.com,
>>> Ariescheah <Ariescheah@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
>>>> HI all, my winxp defragment software is not working ,when i clik
>>>> analyze
>>>> nothing seem to be happening . I had tried kelleys corner help tips
>>>> using
>>>> (restore defrag ) but the problem is still the same .Hope you guys can
>>>> help me out ,in need to defrag my drive .
>>>>
>>>> Thank you .

Thanks Wes. I came across this article Q892504 when I was exploring for
information regarding DCOM, 2 days ago.

>> Might be bad advice if someone has SP2.

You're correct. Stopping this service in SP2 breaks several things.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:%23creVKJ9FHA.3660@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi Ramesh,
>
> DCOM Server Process Launcher is added with SP2. Looks like DcomLaunch not
> running causes all kinds of problems.
>
> Add one more to Snakefoot's list:
>
> The Windows Firewall service in Windows XP Service Pack 2, in Windows XP
> Professional x64 Edition, in Windows Server 2003 SP1, and in x64-based
> versions of Windows Server 2003 cannot start if the DCOM Process Launcher
> Service is disabled
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;892504
>
> I do not have SP2 and have all the DCOM and Com+ crap disabled.
>
> COM+ Event System service Disabled
> COM+ System Application service Disabled
> System Event Notification service Disabled
>
> How to disable DCOM support in Windows
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;825750
>
> DCOM Windows XP Do You Need It?
> [[Virtually no-one needs it, wants it or uses it! ]]
> http://www.updatexp.com/dcom-windows-xp.html
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\OLE
> Change the EnableDCOM string value to N.
>
> Might be bad advice if someone has SP2.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:ON0paqB9FHA.3660@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,