the beautifulone Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I have been happily using my Windows 7 PC for over a year now with wireless connection. Tonight I did microsoft updates, rebooted and now cannot get on line. The network is working ok as I'm using my netbook to type this, I just can't get onto my PC. I've tried system restore to no avail. In services the WLAN Auto Config says automatic and says to start the service. When I try this I get this error message: "Windows could not start the WLAN Auto Config service on local computer. Error 1068: the dependency service or group failed to start. When I go to msconfig and click on the services tab the box is ticked for WLAN AutoConfig and says stopped. Can anyone tell me how do I start this? Or what else can I try to find a solution? All help gratefully received. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mme Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 you should be able to restart the service in the administrative tools open the control panel click on administrative tools double click on services scroll down to WLAN Config right click on it choose properties look at start up type choose automatic click ok and restart your computer try that see if that works....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the beautifulone Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 Thanks mme, just tried that again but it's when I click to start the service I'm getting the error message. Any other ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signman Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-networking/windows-could-not-start-error-1068-the-dependency/7963d72a-5d73-44fe-8316-058c46235737 Look at the 5th post down ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the beautifulone Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 Thanks signman - I've just tried that and it hasn't worked. Anything else? I'm getting desperate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caintry_boy Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 In Windows 7 go to Control Panel/Network and Internet and click on "View network status and tasks", then on the left click "Change adapter settings" to make sure that your Wireless adapter is enabled, if not right click and select "enable". Or try this, right click the adapter and select "disable" and wait to a count of 5, then right click and select "Diagnose" and let Windows re-enable the adapter. See if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the beautifulone Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 Thanks caintry_boy - that didn't work either. I've just gone back to factory settings and retained user data, so now just got to set the pc up again. I've got connected again by doing this - a bit drastic but nothing else seemed to help. Thanks all for trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mme Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 there are a couple of things to try 1...you can update or see if there is a update for your chipset. for that need the make and model number of your computer. 2...go to your control panel and choose device manager open it and click on network adapters right click on wireless and uninstall just click ok DO NOT PUT CHECK IN DELETE THE DRIVER SOFTWARE FOR THIS DEVICE next go to the top and you will see ACTION choose scan for hardware change then restart your computer and see if that helps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidStanely Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I am going to share few tricks with you that have helped various users. You too perform these tricks in order to solve the said error: 1. Start Dependent Services for Windows Firewall 2. Start Dependent Services for the Print Spooler Service 3. Fix Registry and Clear Web Browser Cache 4. Start Dependent Services for Internet Connection Sharing If you can't do the above tasks then read the article that i have shared below that might help you in performing the above tasks. The Error 1068 in Windows 7 may still occur if your registry is not properly configured. If you have already been experiencing the error 1068 error, you can get some help from this article error 1068 windows 7 Hope it fix your problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigsy Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 3 hours ago, vikasjkn said: You can also try resetting your network, using command netsh winsock reset Source: Windows Wireless Service Is Not Running Thanks. After 10 years I'm assuming the issue is a) Forgotten and b) Fixed. Thread locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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