Changed Workgroup Name and all My Services were disabled

cerberus98 · 04-10-2005, 11:29 PM

Hi everyone. i have a fairly large problem. I changed my computers workgroup from MSHOME to HOME to match all the other computers on my network and when i restarted the computer it stopped all of my SERVICES i wasnt even able to setup a new connection, open the device manager or anything i was eventually able to create a new connection by starting a few services but i still have lots to enable and dont know what obnes i should i also cant change my workgroup back because it says. "You can change the name of this computer. You must install networking before you can change this computers domain membership"
I also get an "error 1068 the dependency service or group failed to start" when i try to start some services.

Any help in getting my computer back to what it was would be appreciated i have tried to go back to a restore point but it says system restore is not enabled when it was before.
Even just a list of what services i should and shouldnt start would be a great help

Shakie · 04-10-2005, 11:42 PM

What Operating System are you using?

Are you an Administrator?

Did you just change the name or run the OS's Wizard to change the workgroup?

cerberus98 · 04-10-2005, 11:46 PM

Im using XP Pro Im administrator and i just changed the name by going control panel system computer name -change

cerberus98 · 04-11-2005, 01:00 AM

I tried changing all the services to automatic and then restarted the computer and they all of them just abouts went back to disabled

madshot · 09-18-2006, 05:27 PM

to fix error:
You can change the name of this computer. You must install networking before you can change this computers domain membership

Make sure your "computer browser" service is running. Mine was set to "automatic" on a Windows 2003 R2 server but for whatever reason the service was stopped. When I started the service I could then change the previously disabled domain dialog box as it was no longer gray'ed out.

Good Luck,
Phillip

04-10-2005, 11:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
cerberus98 Junior Techie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 90	Changed Workgroup Name and all My Services were disabled Hi everyone. i have a fairly large problem. I changed my computers workgroup from MSHOME to HOME to match all the other computers on my network and when i restarted the computer it stopped all of my SERVICES i wasnt even able to setup a new connection, open the device manager or anything i was eventually able to create a new connection by starting a few services but i still have lots to enable and dont know what obnes i should i also cant change my workgroup back because it says. "You can change the name of this computer. You must install networking before you can change this computers domain membership" I also get an "error 1068 the dependency service or group failed to start" when i try to start some services. Any help in getting my computer back to what it was would be appreciated i have tried to go back to a restore point but it says system restore is not enabled when it was before. Even just a list of what services i should and shouldnt start would be a great help __________________ Gigabyte GA-7vm400m Via VT8235 Chipset AMD Athlon XP2400+ Cpu 1024 Mb DDR400 RAM 160gb Maxtor H/D Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT Video Card Win Xp Pro

04-10-2005, 11:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
Shakie Wizard Techie Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,320	What Operating System are you using? Are you an Administrator? Did you just change the name or run the OS's Wizard to change the workgroup? __________________ <code> (\ /) This is Bunny. Add him to your signature (O.o) to help him achieve <a href=\"http://carboxymoron.com/sigbunny/\" title=\"the signature bunny\">world domination</a>. (> <) </code> <code>Shakie<br>Smodministrator<br>\"If I don\'t step over the line every now-and-then, how will I know where it is?\"</code>

04-10-2005, 11:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
cerberus98 Junior Techie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 90	Im using XP Pro Im administrator and i just changed the name by going control panel system computer name -change __________________ Gigabyte GA-7vm400m Via VT8235 Chipset AMD Athlon XP2400+ Cpu 1024 Mb DDR400 RAM 160gb Maxtor H/D Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT Video Card Win Xp Pro

04-11-2005, 01:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
cerberus98 Junior Techie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 90	I tried changing all the services to automatic and then restarted the computer and they all of them just abouts went back to disabled __________________ Gigabyte GA-7vm400m Via VT8235 Chipset AMD Athlon XP2400+ Cpu 1024 Mb DDR400 RAM 160gb Maxtor H/D Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT Video Card Win Xp Pro

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09-18-2006, 05:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
madshot Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1	to fix error: You can change the name of this computer. You must install networking before you can change this computers domain membership Make sure your "computer browser" service is running. Mine was set to "automatic" on a Windows 2003 R2 server but for whatever reason the service was stopped. When I started the service I could then change the previously disabled domain dialog box as it was no longer gray'ed out. Good Luck, Phillip