"Noel Paton" wrote:

> On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 01:24:11 -0700, me too <me
> too@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >"Mr. Arnold" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "jobella" <jobella@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:4AB4DE7D-B16B-4E4C-B61B-3DB796D45F2C@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hello,
> >> > For the past month I've been getting an error message from Security
> >> > Center,
> >> > saying it is turned off however I am unable to open it.
> >> > I had Norton trial and have just installed Bitdefender. Normally I should
> >> > be
> >> > able to click in security center that I have my own software but am unable
> >> > to
> >> > do so
> >> > I went into Security Center Properties and got the following message:
> >> > "configuration manager: the specific device instance handle does not
> >> > correspond to a present device"
> >> > I then noticed that the Security Center was STOPPED. I got the following
> >> > message when I tried to start it: "Windows would not start Security Center
> >> > Sevice on Local Computer. Error 1079: The account specified for this
> >> > service
> >> > is different from the account specified for other services running in the
> >> > same process." Can anyone help me.....
> >>
> >>
> >> To keep it short, go to the Services off of the Start Button, Control
> >> Panel/Admin Tool and find the Security Center Service. You right-click the
> >> line and go to Properties to the Logon tab. You go to Use this Account and
> >> enter Local Service and leave password blank click OK. Then you Start the
> >> service.
> >>
> >> I don't what is causing the problem, but I suspect the uninstalling and
> >> installing of security software has caused the password to become corrupted.
> >> You might get the same message after the service starts successfully when
> >> you try to view the service's dependencies, but the service will start.
> >>
> >>
> >Iv been having this problem too, except this solution hasnt worked for me
> >any other ideas?
> Do you mean that you also used to have Norton installed? - if so, then
> the remains of that POS are probably preventing things from working
> properly.
> Download and run the Norton Removal tool - read the warniings on the
> page first (it removes ALL norton software)
> http://service1.symantec.com/Support...05033108162039
>
> HTH
>

No iv never had norton installed. The thing which i think has happened is i
was trying to get my processes to a minimum and i cancelled the WMI service,
which i later learned is a dependancy of the security center. So i turned
this back on and set it to automatically start up, and now i still get the
error when i try to turn security center service on: Error 1079: The account
specified for this service
is different from the account specified for other services running in the
same process.

thanks