Force start a service?

[808Alaska]

Does anyone know how to force start a service. the DHCP service to be exact. for some reason i always get an error message when trying to start it and i know that that's the reason i can only connect locally and and to the internet. For some odd reason i can connect to the internet in safe-mode with networking but not in normal mode? any suggestions?

 

[Osiris]

What is the error message when you try to start it? Sometimes services depend on other services to start or run properly.

What OS?

 

[KSoD]

Start>Run>services.msc

Make sure the service is set to Automatic or Auto (Delayed).

 

[808Alaska]

It is vista home premium 32-bit, and i just figured out that the services are actually on its just not getting an ip address from our 10.0.0.x network. it gets a 169.254.x.x ip address and no default gateway? whats up with that?

 

[Hefemeister]

a 169 ip means it is not receiving an ip from the dhcp server or not connecting at all.

Is tcp/ip setup to obtain ip automatically?

what kind of router do you have?

checked the cable to ensure it is good?

 

[808Alaska]

Yes my tcp/ip settings are set to receive automatically. The dhcp service is started, and its weird cuz i can connect locally but im getting the wrong ip address locally and no gateway address. My router is probably a cisco, not to sure. and yes the cable is good, like i stated earlier, i can connect while in safe-mode with networking, just not in normal mode. so their must be some kind of service that's interfering with it in normal mode.