"me too" wrote:

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> "Noel Paton" wrote:
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> > On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 03:39:01 -0700, me too
> > <metoo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >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
> >
> > ....in other words, your problem is NOTHING like the original one! -
> > why did you think that the fix there might work for you?
> > OK let's start from scratch.
> > when you say 'cancelled' WMI Service, what do you mean? - disabled it
> > in services.msc, or used some form of registry tweak, or removed it
> > completely?
> > WMI should be set to run Automatically, and on the Log On tab in
> > services.msc|Properties, to log on as Local System Account.
> > Check also that the RPC and DCOM Server Launcher services are also set
> > to Automatic (They should be - WIndows won't run without them!)
> >
> >
> > --
> > Noel Paton
> > www.crashfixpc.co.uk
> >
> > Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
> >
>
> Hi, yes i simply just disabled it from the services.msc.
> RPC and DCOM are how you said they should be and i havnt messed with those
> WMI is set to automatically and the logon tab i cannot set the user as Local
> System Account there is an error message 1057. so i set the logon tab as
> local service. please reply

I have just made the service "Windows Management Instrumentation" start, i
did as you said i used the local system account. (sorry about my last post).
now when i still try to start the security center i get the same error 1079.
the accoutn is local service, the circle is filled in "Use this account". any
ideaS?