Help and Support Won't start

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Dave, go to Control Panel>AdminTools>Services. Scroll to Help and
Support>rt click and select Properties>In Startup
Type Box choose Automatic. Also, while there you can Start the Service
<user@domain.invalid> wrote in message
news:er6Yc1rSFHA.3156@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> I'm using XP Home. Lately, I can't access Microsoft Help and Support on my
> PC. The following message appears
>
> "Windows cannot open help and support because a system service is not
> running. To fix this problem, start the service named "help and support".
>
> Can someone please tell me how to start the help and support service.
>
> Thanks
> Dave

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

Start the Help and Support Center service and set it to Automatic. Follow
these steps:

Click Start, Run and type Services.msc
Double-click Help and Support
Set the Startup type to Automatic
Start the Service

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


<user@domain.invalid> wrote in message
news:er6Yc1rSFHA.3156@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> I'm using XP Home. Lately, I can't access Microsoft Help and Support on my
> PC. The following message appears
>
> "Windows cannot open help and support because a system service is not
> running. To fix this problem, start the service named "help and support".
>
> Can someone please tell me how to start the help and support service.
>
> Thanks
> Dave

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

Thanks Rich, it now works. The last line of your mail got cut off. What
other service were you referring to?

Regards
Dave

Microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support

Rich Barry wrote:
> Dave, go to Control Panel>AdminTools>Services. Scroll to Help and
> Support>rt click and select Properties>In Startup
> Type Box choose Automatic. Also, while there you can Start the Service
> <user@domain.invalid> wrote in message
> news:er6Yc1rSFHA.3156@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>
>>Hi
>>
>>I'm using XP Home. Lately, I can't access Microsoft Help and Support on my
>>PC. The following message appears
>>
>>"Windows cannot open help and support because a system service is not
>>running. To fix this problem, start the service named "help and support".
>>
>>Can someone please tell me how to start the help and support service.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Dave
>
>
>