Unable To Start Server Service- svchost.exe

This problem has me stumped and I hope someone can give me some help.

I can't share any hard drives or folders on a local computer network. When
I try to share a drive or folder on my network I get a error message: "The
Server Service is Not Started. The Shared Service was not Created at this
time"

When I go into run>services.msc and right click on 'server', I see the
service is stopped (it is set on automatic). I try and restart the service
but then I am greeted with a new error message: "Could not start the
server service on local computer. Error 2 The system cannot find the file
specified" The file it is looking for is svchost.exe I believe.

I checked the processes and find 5 copies of svchost.exe running. The file
is indeed in windows/system32 where it said it can't find that file. Argh!

I did a AVG virus scan and a Spybot S&D scan and both came up clean.

How do I get that server service to start up again so I can share drives
and folders?

Thanks

Al

Hi albertville03@yahoo.com,

See if the information presented here helps you to resolve the problem:

Error message when starting the Server service in Windows XP
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/64/1/



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User


"albertville03@yahoo.com" wrote:

> This problem has me stumped and I hope someone can give me some help.
>
> I can't share any hard drives or folders on a local computer network. When
> I try to share a drive or folder on my network I get a error message: "The
> Server Service is Not Started. The Shared Service was not Created at this
> time"
>
> When I go into run>services.msc and right click on 'server', I see the
> service is stopped (it is set on automatic). I try and restart the service
> but then I am greeted with a new error message: "Could not start the
> server service on local computer. Error 2 The system cannot find the file
> specified" The file it is looking for is svchost.exe I believe.
>
> I checked the processes and find 5 copies of svchost.exe running. The file
> is indeed in windows/system32 where it said it can't find that file. Argh!
>
> I did a AVG virus scan and a Spybot S&D scan and both came up clean.
>
> How do I get that server service to start up again so I can share drives
> and folders?
>
> Thanks
>
> Al
>
>

Patti MacLeod <pam120@nospamshaw.ca> wrote:

>Hi albertville03@yahoo.com,
>
>See if the information presented here helps you to resolve the problem:
>
>Error message when starting the Server service in Windows XP
>http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/64/1/
>
>
>
>Regards,
>

Hi Patti!

This worked out great! I was missing the srv.sys file. I followed the
instructions and everything is now working 100%. I am able to share folders
and drives.

I appreciate the help!! Thanks a ton! :-)

Al