Event Log stopped working - Error 1747 : The Authentication Service is Unknown
I reccently noticed that my scheduled tasks were no longer running. I tried to bring up the task scheduler and it said the service was not running. I checked the service and sure enough, it was not running. I tried to start it and it failed because the windows event log service, which is a dependency, was also not running. I tried to start the event log service, and gave the error above in the subject line. The event log service uses a log on of "Local Service". There are other services that use the same log on and they start up with no problem. I have searched the internet for a solution to this and have tried several things I found with no luck. One was to run SFC, another was to delete the Windows/Logs and Windows/System32/Logfiles folders so they would be re-created on startup. I also tried subinacl to reset the ACLs on registry branches and the subfolders of %SystemDrive% as recommeded in another forum. I am running Vista Home Premium and all the latest updates have neen applied. Anyone have any further ideas? (short of re-installing Vista). Thanks.
January 20th, 2008 1:30pm

I am having the same problem. Searched high and low as well.I am currently trying the permission fixes that we both found but i doubt they will work as the permissions seem to be setup correctly.Running Vista Business. We have support contract with microsoft, before i reload vista i will call them and post here my finding.(Errors for Google)Windows could not start the Windows Event Log service on Local Computer.Error 1747: The authentication service is unknown.
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January 30th, 2008 11:16am

Hi, Thanks for your post. This issue may occur if the system service components are corrupted or certain 3rd party program is inflecting them from running normally. To resolve it, let's try the following steps: Step 1: Check user permissions ============================ Please open System Registry to check the permissions of the two services and make sure your current user has full permissions. Task Schedule service: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Schedule Windows Event log service: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog If the services permissions are set correctly, we can then try a "Clean Boot" to narrow down the cause and troubleshoot it. Step 2: Try a Clean Boot ============================ Lets disable all startup items and third party services when booting. This method will help us determine if this issue is caused by a loading program or service. Please perform the following steps: 1. Click the Start Button type "msconfig" (without quotation marks) in the Start Search box, and then press Enter. Note: If prompted, please click Continue on the User Account Control (UAC) window. 2. Click the "Services" tab, check the "Hide All Microsoft Services" box and click "Disable All" (if it is not gray). 3. Click the "Startup" tab, click "Disable All" and click "OK". Then, restart the computer. When the "System Configuration Utility" window appears, please check the "Don't show this message or launch the System Configuration Utility when Windows starts" box and click OK. Please test this issue in the Clean Boot environment, if the issue disappears in the Clean Boot environment, we can use a 50/50 approach to quickly narrow down which entry is causing the issue. For more information about this step, please refer to the following KB article: How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista http://support.microsoft.com//kb/929135 However, if the issue persists, please capture some related screenshot files of error messages then send to SCEDATA@microsoft.com including the following text. Event Log stopped working - Error 1747 : The Authentication Service is Unknown http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?siteid=17&PostID=2711319 Robbin Meng MSFT At the same time, if possible, please check if you can open the Event log console and if there is any related Event errors there. If any, please let me the detailed error information for further research. Thank you. Sincerely, Robbin Meng Microsoft Online Community Support
January 31st, 2008 3:32am

Thank you for the response. I have tried the steps you mentioned and the problem is still there.Ialso havea case open with Microsoft. I have also tried the steps mentioned on page 2 of this thread: http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showpost.aspx?pageindex=3&siteid=1&postid=2649622&sb=0&d=1&at=7&ft=11&tf=0&pageid=1 Which did not solve my problem. Keep in mind his error, while trying to start the event log, is different than mine and the original poster in this thread. I just ended 4 hours of troubleshooting with Microsoft and we have not gained any ground. Currently they are reviewing Process Monitor boot logs. Our call continues in the AM, i will keep update this thread with any news. Please let me know if you have any other ideas as well. Thank you, Matt
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January 31st, 2008 5:40pm

Hi, Please capture some related screenshot files of error messages then send to SCEDATA@microsoft.com including the following text. Event Log stopped working - Error 1747 : The Authentication Service is Unknown http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?siteid=17&PostID=2711319 Robbin Meng MSFT At the same time, if possible, please check if you can open the Event log console and if there is any related Event errors there. If any, please also send the saved event log files to me as well. Thank you. Collecting Even log============1. Click "Start", input "eventvwr" (without quotation marks) in the Start Search bar and press Enter. 2. Right click on "Application" on the left frame, choose "Save Log file As"; in the pop-up window, click to choose the Desktop icon on the left frame, input "app" in the "File name" blank, and then click save.3. Right click on "System", with the same method, save it as "sys".4. Locate the two saved log files on the Desktop and send them to us at: SCEDATA@microsoft.com . Sincerely,Robbin MengMicrosoft Online Community Support
February 1st, 2008 5:58am

Robbin, i appreciate the effort but please remember that my main issue is i cannot view the event logs. I transfered them to another PC to view and that computer said the logs were corrupted. Almost every utility and tool the guys on the phone had me try failed with some type of error. Somehow my OS got corrupted enough that it is unrepairable but yet still bootable. As much as i would like to fix this without formatting i cannot go any longer without my PC. Our 3,000+ XP machines will be running XP for a bit longer after this experience as well. Sorry for no fix googlers. Matt
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February 1st, 2008 11:45am

The official recommended solution i got from opening my case was to format and reload Vista. I offered to send them an image of my pc to troubleshoot the problem themselves but they never took me up on the offer. 3 days of downtime was too much soi reloaded the OS. Not an acceptable solution but i had no choice.
February 4th, 2008 2:08pm

Dear Matt, Again,thanks for writing back to me and help me to clarify the current situations. I understand that you have already performed reinstallation on this machine and I understand that the process of checking each step is time-consuming. We are sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused. I apologize my suggestions didn't assist in resolving this issue, I'm glad everything is working now. All the time and efforts you have invested in this issue are highly appreciated. As we discussed, this issue may occur if the system service components are corrupted or certain 3rd party program is inflecting them from running normally. I have forwarded your feedback to the appropriate team. We strive to capture any and all product issues/feedback so as to ensure we are continuously developing Microsoft products to meet customer needs. Though we were not able to fully resolve the issue at Microsoft Online Support Services, I hope you are still pleased with our services. If there is anything we could have done better, please feel free to put forward your feedback to me. Suggestions and ideas about how we can improve our service level are always welcome. Based on the current status, if there is no further assistance I can provide, I will go ahead and achieve this thread as "self-resolved". If you have any further questions or concerns, please response at any time. At the same time, I would like to share the following Web sites with you. http://www.winvistaclub.com/t37.html Again, thank you for using Microsoft Online Community Support Service. Sincerely, Robbin Meng Microsoft Online Community Support
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February 10th, 2008 10:28pm

I have other problem. The Eventlog service is configured to start "automatic" but it never starts. When trying to start manually it shows error as "error 5 Access denied" I tried above "netsh winsock reset" in command prompt. I get message "The operation requires elevation" I cant see any log of events as the log service has stopped. please help.
April 14th, 2008 3:54am

Bravo Al... I had these same issues afecting MANY automatic services, Network Card, IPSec, EventLog, Authentication... Running Windows Vista Business. It would boot, very slowly mind you, but the OS was useless. I ran the "netsh winsock reset" , rebooted and PRESTO. No further issues. Everyone with this issue, head to this digitallife website and say thank you. Thanks AL... well done
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June 24th, 2008 7:04pm

Purushottam you can right-click on the Command Line link and select Run As Administrator. Then run the Netsh Winsock Reset command. Al you are a life saver.
July 1st, 2008 4:17am

It is very necessarily important to reconstruct the crime scene. We should attempt to make the effect show up the same fault, perhaps it would be reappear. Step 1. Install Bonjour Install any software of the Adobe CS 3, for example install Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3, InDesign CS3, Flash CS3, etc. Bonjour also with installed. When you install any edition of the Adobe Creative Suite 3 family or a Creative Suite 3 component on Windows, Bonjour for Windows is installed as a service on the machine. Bonjour is Apple's open source implementation of zero-configuration networking software. It is used by Adobe Version Cue CS3 client applications to dynamically discover Version Cue Servers on the local network. Installed folderC:\Program Files\BonjourInstalled filesmdnsNSP.dllmDNSResponder.exe Registry changeWindows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Bonjour Service]"Type"=dword:00000010"Start"=dword:00000002"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001"ImagePath"="C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe""DisplayName"="##Id_String1.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762##""DependOnService"=hex(7):54,00,63,00,70,00,69,00,70,00,00,00,00,00"ObjectName"="LocalSystem""Description"="##Id_String2.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762##"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Bonjour Service\Parameters]"ManageLLRouting"=dword:00000001[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Bonjour Service\Enum]"0"="Root\\LEGACY_BONJOUR_SERVICE\\0000""Count"=dword:00000001"NextInstance"=dword:00000001 For more information about Bonjour, see Apple's Bonjour technology brief: http://images.apple.com/macosx/pdf/MacOSX_Bonjour_TB.pdf Step 2. Uninstall Bonjour Removing Bonjour for Windows as following:http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb400982&sliceId=2 To remove Bonjour: Open a Windows command prompt and type the following command:"C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe -remove" Navigate to the following folder in Windows Explorer: C:\Program Files\Bonjour Rename the mdnsNSP.dll file in that folder to mdnsNSP.old Restart your computer Delete the the Program Files\Bonjour folder Note: Removing Bonjour prevents Version Cue clients (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Bridge) from automatically discovering Version Cue Servers and Version Cue projects in your local network. You will need to connect manually using Connect to Server and the URL or IP address of the machine running Version Cue Server instead. Step 3. Delete related "Bonjour" in registry Click the Start Button and type "regedit" (without quotation marks) or "regedt32" (without quotation marks) in the Start Search box, and then press Enter key, then the registry editor Launched. Navigate to the root in registry editor, select Find from the Edit menu, searth the "Bonjour" from root, select and delete each hivekey founded with this characterstring, hit F3 key to search for the next occurrence, and delete, repeat press F3 key, select founded hivekey and delete it util no found to end. Close the registry editor. Step 4. Restart your computer Now the fault would maybe reappear. Winsock catalog corruption is surely the cause of these failures.
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July 14th, 2008 3:05pm

To repair the winsock catalog, delete the Winsock & Winsock2 service's hivekey in Registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WinSock2 Click the Start Button and type "regedit" (without quotation marks) or "regedt32"(without quotation marks) in the Start Search box, and then press Enter key. Pls expand to above two hivekey, delete them. Restart. OK all right. good luck.
July 14th, 2008 3:08pm

Hei there, I am a torubleshooter, this system could not gain acces to internet. but a ping to a internet IP adress works fine, pinging to a url does not, no adres resolving. the probable reason was removing some software which does not have a good removal program. the program was some PCtools stuff and had it self hooked in the thirst three layers of the LSA stack modyfing the LSA stackby hand did not solved my problem netsh winsock reset works perfect thanks.
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August 9th, 2008 9:13am

I had the problem on a machine after an attempted Windows Vista Home Premium update to SP1 failed. Thank you to Al Oliveira the netsh winsock reset solution worked first time, the quickest solution to a windows problem I have had in a while. Now I can get back to the other issue of why SP1 failed.
August 13th, 2008 5:39pm

I am having this problem as well. Happened shortly after automatic updates were installed on 9/9/08. Also, within the previous week, I had installed I-tunes. This raised my curiousity because I have seen related posts targeting apple's Bonjour service (some sort of zero-configuration network service). I have since removed all apple software, but to no avail. However, I doubted that was the problem to begin with, because the event log, one of the most fundamental services in windows and one of the first to start up, shouldn't be dependent upon any networking services. Judging from your experience, I shouldn't expect too much help from MS. I do have a backup of my system, but it is a little old. Maybe I'll try to restore from there. Dan
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September 13th, 2008 8:17pm

Wow I thought for sure that a winsock fix would NEVER resolve a problem with EventLog service not being able to start. Will have to try this fix more often for the odd windows problems that popup from time-to-time. Good catch!! Saved me from doing a reload on a clients computer. Thanks!!
September 19th, 2008 1:55pm

Thank you! this solution solved my problem.
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September 20th, 2008 3:51pm

I finally gave up on this problem, and decided to reinstall Vista from scratch. Actually, I purchased a new hard drive and installed to that (perfect time to expand!) Anyway, I still have the old hard drive with the old installation on in and will try the winsock repair. I'll let you know how it goes.Dan
September 25th, 2008 11:00am

Running netsh winsock resetfixed my problem. I too had the event service not starting problem.Uday
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October 5th, 2008 1:40pm

Hi there Robin. I am an IT Technician & felt that I needed to begin communication with you regarding this issue. I recently made a post in this thread detailing my issues & found resolution. I just wanted to share my post with you & hope that the information is useful to others that need to resolve these issues without re-installing their operating systems. Please find my post below: Hi all. I am an IT technician & have recentlybeen troubleshooting a customer's Windows Vista Home Premium laptopin a wireless home network. In a nutshell the laptop suddenly stopped connecting to the wireless router; upon investigation I found lots of windows services were not starting; this sent me ona bit of a wild goose chase as this showed all signs of some kind of trojan / malware infection hogging the system. Here are some of the things I saw: 1). Norton 360 wasn't even running correctly & I was unable to view it's firewall status. 2). Windows firewall was disabled & I was unable to start it (service failed error message). 3). I was unable to view windows event logs & received "Error 1747 : The Authentication Service is Unknown" 4). Windows Side Bar was all blanked out & not showing any gadgets 5).I attempteda systemrestore but that failed (I saw references in system restore that the Bonjour service had been un-installed) I did loads of further investigation & found this thread. It would appear that removing, oreven trying to remove / un-install the Bonjour service may cause the above mentioned issues in windows Vista. I have not seen this kind of errata in windows XP. I have heard of people pulling their hair out & re-installing the operating system possibly due to experiencing these issues. Please Read On.... Resolution that worked for me: Iran the Winsock corruption fix that is mentioned in previous threads as per microsoft's instructions found at the following URL: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811259 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manual steps to recover from Winsock2 corruption for Windows Vista users Winsock corruption can cause connectivity problems. To resolve this issue by using Network Diagnostics in Windows Vista, follow these steps: 1. Click , and then click Network. 2. Click Network and Sharing Center. 3. In the Network and Sharing Center box, click Diagnose and Repair. Note You may also access the Network and Sharing Center in Control Panel.If the Network and Diagnostic tool was unable to find a problem, you can manually repair or reset Winsock. Manual steps to repair or to reset Winsock for Windows Vista users 1. Click , type cmd in the Start Search box, right-click cmd.exe, click Run as administrator, and then press Continue. 2. Type netsh winsock reset at the command prompt, and then press ENTER.Note If the command is typed incorrectly, you will receive an error message. Type the command again. When the command is completed successfully, a confirmation appears, followed by a new command prompt. Then, go to step 3. 3. Type exit, and then press ENTER Hey Presto!!!! After re-bootingeverything is back online & all necessary windows services & norton 360 are starting as normal. Further Information on Bonjour Service: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonjour_(software) As I understand & in my experience the Bonjour service is installed as a sub-aplet with certain 3rd party software applications including Apples itunes & Adobe newest Creative Suite 3 installs Apples Bonjour service even if you dont install Version Cue. Its main goal is to provide zero-configuration connectivity between Version Cue server and the suites applications. A bit more CSi & i've established how to un-install Bonjour service; there is a great topic on this subject at the following URL: http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/02/10/how-to-uninstall-or-remove-bonjour-mdnsresponderexe/ Thanks to all for your post & input...it has really helped to get this issue resolved (well for me anyway) & has of course save a re-install!!!! I will keep an eye on this thread...please post your resolutions / experiences to help others. Kind regards
October 6th, 2008 4:37pm

netsh winsock resetworked perfectly for me also. Thanks!
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November 24th, 2008 4:34pm

I had the same error today. Event Log won'tstart even restarting 3 times. I have Windows Vista Business. This notebook symthoms were:- I was unable to browse Internet because network adapters did not take IP.- Windows Firewall was unable to start- And the main problem Event Log service gave me Error 1747: The Authentication Service is Unknown.I apply Manual steps to recover from Winsock corruption - Clic start, type cmd in Search box, right clic cmd.exe, clic Run as Administrator and press Continue. - Type netsh winsock reset at command prompt, and press ENTER. This gave me an error about a DLL and I run it again without problems. - Then I type exit and press ENTER and reboot. After reboot everything works as usual. Thanks for the help Pabs0502.
December 17th, 2008 7:10pm

hi, i'm experiencing the same trouble: Wireless stop working Norton show 2 errors that is not able to recover ((Symantec email proxy is not able to execute the e-mail e-mail messagescan because the network is not correctly configured) this message show up in both cases (incoming e-mail scan, and outcoming e-mail scan, the 2 norton errors) it is impossible to start the event register, it is reporting an error 1747: autentication service unknown i follow the suggestion of Mr Robin Meng about the clean boot and the autorization (hkey_local_machine\system\currentcontrolset\serices\enventlog) and i found out the i got the autorization i run CMD (with administrator privileges) and i run netsh winsock reset in this case i got the following error message; impossible to start initialization function InitHelperDll into NSHHTTP.DLL error code 11003. the message is continuing with the following sentence: Winsock catalogresetcompleted. re-boot computer to complete the operation i run EVENTVWR but i got an error (just for a change!) again: event register service not available. check if the service is in execution i run also Clean Boot: hide all microsoft services. No changes if a put the mouse on the wireless icon (low left) the pop up is telling: connection status: unknown, start of the group ordependency service non riuscito no side bar pictures and gadgets on my desktop i cannot recover the Vista operation system. I try to recover the operating system at one point of 3 days ago but i got error messages: impossible to complete system configuration register. Data have not been changed. Details: access denied. (0x80070005) this is what i got so far, apologize for the English translation.best regards, Beppe Montevecchi
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December 28th, 2008 12:38pm

Hi all,Thanks for your valuable sharing! I believe it will help a lot for others who encounter similar issues.Thanks again.
December 30th, 2008 2:29am

Dear Mr Meng, thanks for your words, however i'm still down with my PC. Could you give me any clue to solve this difficult task?best regardsGiuseppe
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January 2nd, 2009 9:38am

I found the answer to this problem on the it guy forum also. I am almost in disbelief that the classic "Winsock Repair" fixes these service startup problems in vista. Why do these services now rely on Winsock and Why doesn't Microsoft have a knowlege base answer. and to give someone the reply of reormatting and reloading the OS is unacceptable as far as I am concerned. The thing that is most annoying however is I cannot explain to my customer why the problem occured in the first place nor why reseting the winsock catalogue corrects the problem.I had an argument with a microsoft engineer about why I thought vista was so pants and how am I suposed to sell/reccomend a product that I dont beleive works properly. His only answer was there were problems with vista pre SP1 but now SP1 is out it is alot better. However This machine had SP1 and it would appear so did everyone elses.If someone can explain why the Winsock Catalogue has such a critical role to play in vista's day to day running I would be grateful.Bob
January 19th, 2009 11:07am

Holy cow, so many services not working, many seemingly unrelated to networking, and a simple "netsh winock reset" does the trick! Thanks to whoever figured this out!
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April 20th, 2009 6:52pm

Thank you Al Oliveira for posting this solution, "netsh winsock reset". It saved me a ton of headaches this morning with one of the members of my sales team at a client visit. His laptop lost power suddenly causing an unclean shutdown. He plugged laptop into power source and started receiving these 1747 errors and none of his services would start. Your solution fixed the problem. Now if MS couldn't figure this out, why did you and wtf is MS doing withflippin winsock affecting every other service running on the PC?? Crazy.Cheers,jjardina
May 12th, 2009 11:04am

Beautiful! you just saved MONTHs of my hard work! "netsh winsock reset" worked perfectly!!!!!! Also, I had to uninstall and reinstall my LAN card driver. Don't know why, but it worked Thanks a bunch
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July 25th, 2009 11:40am

Finally, a solution has come. I'll definitely remember to runthenetsh winsock reset cmd as admin to fix those unnerving Vista issues. Thanks.
July 30th, 2009 9:26pm

Thanks Robbin and Al, had the same problem and this thread helped me solve it swiftly
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September 13th, 2009 5:16pm

yes, thanks for your help!
September 14th, 2009 11:14am

This same error just struck my Windows 7. The "netsh winsock reset" fix worked just fine.
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November 17th, 2009 7:26pm

Okay after spending hours...HOURS on the phone with my company's outsourced tech help and then never receiving a call back from the main office in Dallas...I finally found this solution to Error 1747by doing a simple google and finding AL...thanks man! if you are ever in Chicago I owe you a beer!
November 18th, 2009 4:09pm

Pab0502 you hit this right on the nose. Perfect solution for my client. Manual steps to repair or to reset Winsock for Windows Vista users 1. Click , type cmd in the Start Search box, right-click cmd.exe , click Run as administrator , and then press Continue . 2. Type netsh winsock reset at the command prompt, and then press ENTER. Note If the command is typed incorrectly, you will receive an error message. Type the command again. When the command is completed successfully, a confirmation appears, followed by a new command prompt. Then, go to step 3. 3. Type exit , and then press ENTER This works perfect.
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January 1st, 2010 6:12pm

thanks a lot, had same problem and this simple fix saved ____ lot of time.
February 12th, 2010 4:03pm

To make it short, open a command prompt with administrative rights and run netsh winsock reset Restart the computer and for me everything is fine now! Thanks a million this really worked for me after trying about everything to get this fixed and to think I was almost ready to reinstall fully.
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March 24th, 2010 5:04pm

Hi Pabs 0502, I would like to congratulate you for the Error 1747 resolution. My problem was completely different, my error stated : 'People Near me cannot start. A system call that should Never Fail, has Failed'. I originally thought this was some kind of smart Joke, but when I tried to access 'Trend Micro' programme and others e.g. No Printer Installed etc , I did try to resolve the problems without success and thought maybe some sort of virus or trojan had been downloaded onto my hard drive. Anyhow I am very Grateful for your suggestion which worked Perfectly as I was on the verge of a new hard drive Format, which is Very time consuming. Still cant fathom how simple this solution turned out to be. Thanks again from Down-Under, Dennis (shaker351).
April 29th, 2010 11:29am

I have similar situation that eventlog not started and DHCP client not started due to the depending service. Tried your NETSH methold, but encountered elevation error. Did a serach in Microsoft for the error without result. Glorified Google search return Microsoft link to resolve: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811259 Reboot, things backed to normal. Thanks I found this to be the solution, just run the fix tool on this page. p.s. I know that microsoft says that this is for Server 2003, XP, and Vista, but I am running Windows 7 and I worked for me. Thanks Angry Vista User!
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May 15th, 2010 6:34pm

Yes indeed, NETSH WINSOCK RESET did the trick, windows 7 crashed after some updates and after i had the same problems, very long boot time and after i found out many services not working, all related to the event viewer not starting. Executed CMD as administrator and did NETSH WINSOCK RESET, restarted and all was working as it should.
June 22nd, 2010 12:41pm

I have to add my 2 cents also... I didn't think such a simple solution would work either but sure enough and elevated command prompt command of "netsh winsock reset" did it for me on Vista SP1 Business; what happened to cause this in the first place (and to so many others) is the curious part.
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June 24th, 2010 7:24pm

Worked like a charm!!!!!! Thanks to you and your hard work, you saved me hours of my life!! Thanks for posting this great solution!!
September 22nd, 2010 7:30pm

Lior Na, thank you, thank you SO MUCH! I've spend a day until found your solution. Thank you once again.
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October 23rd, 2010 4:09pm

I know this was a while ago, but it's a top hit in google and how annoying is it when you pull the link and it has no help... after the netsh winsock reset I would also get the NSHHTTP error, lucky it was pretty easy to fix, just run: netsh int ip reset Then the winsock reset worked fine! Hope this helps some of you Googlers!
November 3rd, 2010 2:27pm

I also get error 1747 but when I go to Services and try to Start the WLAN AutoConfig. I upgraded from Win XP to Vista to 7 (32, Ultimate) and my wireless doesn't work, only wired works on the laptop (HP Pavilion dv5139us)...on other devices (like the PS3), wireless works fine. I have a Broadcom 802.11 Multiband Network Adapter and has been updated. I've tried netsh winsock reset and netsh int ip reset but my wireless is still not working. Any other suggestions? Thanks.
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December 2nd, 2010 6:11pm

Resetting the Windows Socket fixed all the network related services problem such as "Network Connections, Network List Service, Network Location Awareness, Network Store Interface Service, Windows Firewall, Windows Update, Wired AutoConfig, WLAN AutoConfig, windows Event Log, etc" at least for me. I am helping my sister fixed her computer, while investigating this issue... it seems to point to an anti-virus program (Trend Micro and McAfee) software she installed when downloading Adobe Reader X. Her laptop was brand new (2 months old) and Trend Micro pre-installed, Window Defender already pre-installed, but I guess when installing Adobe Reader X, she probably did not deselect the free "McAfee" offer bundled together with Adobe Reader X. For me, what fix the issue is uninstalling McAfee, Trend Micro and resetting the winsock as suggestion by Al Oliveira and DaGreenOne. This issue is fix and her computer back to normal and working fine now. Al Oliveira suggestion ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To make it short, open a command prompt with administrative rights and run netsh winsock reset (this still work) even though the suggestion was for Window Vista. DaGreenOne suggestion from --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go to the Start Menu, type cmd and right click or (Ctrl + Shift and hit Enter), and select "Run As Administrator" Type the following commands, each followed by pressing enter. ipconfig /flushdns nbtstat -R nbtstat -RR netsh int reset all netsh int ip reset netsh winsock reset Or another helpful command: netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled
December 4th, 2010 11:40pm

None of these things fixed my situation with Windows 7. I was certain that it was registry corruption. I just did a System Restore to a point before the issue showed up. It saved me a lot of time and I had the liberty to do this.
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January 18th, 2011 5:44pm

To make it short, open a command prompt with administrative rights and run netsh winsock reset Restart the computer and for me everything is fine now! Good Luck amazing what a little kick in the winsock will do for things. fixed everything proper, NO reloading of the OS, thank you VERY much!!! -Drew
May 31st, 2011 8:33pm

netsh winsock reset Thanks it worked
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July 14th, 2011 1:10am

Hi Charlie May be I have lucked into a very old post but if not and you are still struggling with this problem in August 2011 the answer is that you shoul immediately upgrade to windows 7 becuase Vista is a crippled OS and it is a waste of time trying to fix its multiple errors Good luck Uncle John John Douglas Butler
August 29th, 2011 8:45am

winsock reset did the trick... many thanks!
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January 29th, 2012 7:00am

To make it short, open a command prompt with administrative rights and run netsh winsock reset Restart the computer and for me everything is fine now! Good Luck Amazing....had been banging my head trying to fix a totally broken clients computer and this was the root cause! running this fixed the issue!
March 10th, 2012 6:21am

netsh winscok reset seems to work for my Win7 NB305. The question is why I have to do this?
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April 6th, 2012 3:22am

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