Cannot connect to Windows Group Policy Client Service

[samhfoley]

I got a call from my wife saying... Hannah (my 1 year old daughter) did something to the computer. LOL When I got home the PC now says "
Windows could not connect to the group policy client service"


Also I have no sound and it says no sound is enabled, but in my device manager it shows all sound drivers as being good and installed properly. Upon startup and shutdown I can hear an audible "pop" form the speakers, but I get nothing while it's running. I also have no access to my network and sharing center or printer menus through control panel.

Any advice?

some people said to type NETSH into cmd prompt and then winsock reset.

When I type NETSH I get the following messages
The following helper DLL cannot be loaded...
DHCPMONITOR.DLL
NAPMONTR.DLL

I am also getting a message saying C:Windows\system32\GPAPI.dll is not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error.

I am running Windows 7 32 bit
OS Version 6.1.7600

 

[zigzag3143]

Sam

Im gonna ask the obvious. Do you have a backup to restore from? one thing you can try is to run a system file check by start>search>typr cmd>right click run as admin>sfc /scannow.

this will verify and reapir system files if nec

hope this hellps

ken

 

[samhfoley]

I tried a system restore to the last known good configuration,but that didn't do any good now running what you suggested
C:\Windows\system32>sfc /scannow

That's correct, yes?

 

[zigzag3143]

I tried a system restore to the last known good configuration,but that didn't do any good now running what you suggested
C:\Windows\system32>sfc /scannow

That's correct, yes?

SFC /scannow (note the space between SFC and /) is correct

 

[samhfoley]

OK scanning now...verification 62%...will let you know what it says

 

[samhfoley]

errors detected and solved upon restart. I thank you profusely for sparing me any further headache today. Much appreciated!

 

[samhfoley]

It still is not loading my antivirus program (even though I am telling it to) and it cannot turn on Windows defender for some reason. ideas there?

 

[samhfoley]

fixed. Everything works now.

 

[samhfoley]

same problem exists again, but SFC /scannow says there are unfixable errors, my recycle bin says its corrupted, cannot access network sharing center, and I can't get online with that machine at all

 

[CrazeeAFGuy]

Do you have anything that you need to save on that computer? If ya do, I would recommend backing it up elsewhere and performing a clean re-install.

 

[samhfoley]

funny you should say that, I am about to wipe it and give it to my father in-law and build myself a new one. I just need 2 more days with this as is till all my new parts arrive

 

[zigzag3143]

same problem exists again, but SFC /scannow says there are unfixable errors, my recycle bin says its corrupted, cannot access network sharing center, and I can't get online with that machine at all

Hi sam

Do you have a backup we can restore from?

do you have the win 7 dvd, so we can do a repair install?

try re-running SFC often it cant fix all the problems in one run. Also get the log file created, zip it and upload it so I can look at what files are corrupt


Ken J+

 

[samhfoley]

funny you should mention that. I am building myself a new pc this week and giving this one (after wiping it) to my father in-law. I just need this one to work for 2 more days till all my parts arrive

 

[samhfoley]

ok hold on

 

[samhfoley]

I ran SFC 3 times and got the same message back, one time opening the errors for editing and saw there were approx 12 errors that couldn't be fixed

 

[samhfoley]

did it upload?

 

[samhfoley]

I also have the Win 7 disk as well if we need to try a repair install

 

[samhfoley]

system repair tutorial