Environment: - MOSS 2007 (sp1) Client Machines: - XP sp3 Issue:-To open the document library in the explorer view the service called webclient must be running on the client machine The service webclient is in the stopping stage, we are not able to start it or either stop it, restarts did not help. Any advices are appreciated. Stayam

HI .....any options.... Thanks, Satyam

try the following command from command prompt: net stop webclinet Thanks! I LOVE MS..... Thanks and Regards, Kshitiz (Posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.)

Hi Kshitizs Tried it, but it did not help... Sstyam.

Hi, I know that this is very very ugly way of doing it, but seeing no option, you might have to kill "Svchost" service from task manager. Now, In task manager, you see many occurances of SVCHOST.exe and you need to identify and kill the one running Webclinet service. The article below will help to identify the correct instance. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial129.html just kill the process and we should have webclient in stopped mode. I LOVE MS..... Thanks and Regards, Kshitiz (Posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.)

In task manager, go to view-> select colums, select PID. At the command prompt type tasklist /svc /fi "imagename eq svchost.exe" and press the enter key. this will show svchost , service running against it and the PID. Check the PID for the SVCHOST running against webclinet in the task manager find the SVChost for the PID and kill it.I LOVE MS..... Thanks and Regards, Kshitiz (Posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.)

Thank you, Thank you and Thank you You are the Man. it worked like a cham the only issue i have is, when i restart the computer it is going to the stopping stage . should i write a script and place it on the user computer and ask him to run it whenever he restarts the computer or is there any other way to do the same? Satyam

THANK YOU, My pleasure Well, thats not the solution, we would need to check and work as on why this service is being in stopping mode. Please install latest service pack and hotfixes on the machine.I LOVE MS..... Thanks and Regards, Kshitiz (Posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.)