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    "unable to connect to virtual disk service"

    This just started. Other symptoms:
    Disk Manager: "unable to connect to virtual disk service"
    Internet: "Connection Status Unknown, not enough storage is available to complete this operation"
    Speakers: "The audio service is not running"
    Quick Launch Toolbar: Cannot start Windows Explorer, but other apps ok.


    Internet is up and running fine, can still get email and visit web pages.

    Yesterday, tried to run VS C# Express for the first time, and could not open a project without getting a error message. So, I ran the following script usin subbinacl:
    cd /d "%programfiles%\Windows Resource Kits\Tools"
    subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
    subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
    subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
    subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
    subinacl /subdirectories %windir%\*.* /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f

    What's happening?


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    Re: "unable to connect to virtual disk service"

    Quote Originally Posted by AwileyDog View Post
    This just started. Other symptoms:
    Disk Manager: "unable to connect to virtual disk service"
    Internet: "Connection Status Unknown, not enough storage is available to complete this operation"
    Speakers: "The audio service is not running"
    Quick Launch Toolbar: Cannot start Windows Explorer, but other apps ok.


    Internet is up and running fine, can still get email and visit web pages.

    Yesterday, tried to run VS C# Express for the first time, and could not open a project without getting a error message. So, I ran the following script usin subbinacl:
    cd /d "%programfiles%\Windows Resource Kits\Tools"
    subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
    subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
    subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
    subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
    subinacl /subdirectories %windir%\*.* /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f

    What's happening?
    You have a backup we can restore from? if not try a system file check start>search>cmd>right click run as admin>sfc /scannow

    let us know the results

    kwn

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    Re: "unable to connect to virtual disk service"

    Am also unable to access restore "Not enough mmemory" Also, cannot open "Help".

    Under Start>Search

    found only "for files" and "for people"

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    Re: "unable to connect to virtual disk service"

    AD

    you have a backup we can restore from? or a dvd we can do a repair install from?

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    Re: "unable to connect to virtual disk service"

    I have the Windows Install disks.

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    Re: "unable to connect to virtual disk service"

    Quote Originally Posted by AwileyDog View Post
    I have the Windows Install disks.
    vista or dell?

    ken

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    Re: "unable to connect to virtual disk service"

    1.Subinacl is not for x64! It doesn't apriopriate recognise x64 system code .Instead this you can use SetACL http://setacl.sourceforge.net/ or setacl from Power Shell
    2.

    Am also unable to access restore "Not enough mmemory" Also, cannot open "Help"
    Restore paging file to default settings Virtual Memory Paging File - Change

    3.Navigate to Start>>Search>>services.msc find Virtual Disk Service -make sure this service is started and set to DEMAND -you can also try set it to AUTO

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    Re: "unable to connect to virtual disk service"

    Sorry, I have the MS Vista install disks.

    I manually started the Virtual Disk Service, but still no access.

    Also, on log-off and start up a I get an error message:
    Error in NVCPL.DLL
    Missing Entry: NVSession Startup

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    Re: "unable to connect to virtual disk service"

    Quote Originally Posted by AwileyDog View Post
    Sorry, I have the MS Vista install disks.

    I manually started the Virtual Disk Service, but still no access.

    Also, on log-off and start up a I get an error message:
    Error in NVCPL.DLL
    Missing Entry: NVSession Startup
    NVcpl.dll is an nvidia file you having display problems?

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    Re: "unable to connect to virtual disk service"

    No, but here is something else. I cannot uninstall anything. I get the error that it "may have already been uninstalled" which it has not.

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