Vista - MMC Services startup control

I recently found that my Restore Point would not work.
After plenty of hunting about I discovered that for it to run the Task Scheduler has to be running.
I found out how to start it via the Admin. Tools.

I also discovered that all listed services via their properties have various options; i.e. Auto, Stop, Start etc.
However a lot of the 'Startup Type' options are grayed out and therefore unaccessible and can't be changed.

Does anyone know how to regain control over these 'Services' so I can get them to start automatically, in particular getting the Task Scheduler to begin auto. would be good.

From Microsoft Technet I have an instruction sheet cc739213 "To configure how a service is started".
This sheet is dated 21/1/2005 so I don't know if it applies to Vista. It talks about using the 'sc config' command in the CMD box, but I'm not sure how to write such commands.
Then there is the matter of the services have special names when using the CMD function, and I have no idea how to find out what they are.

Searching for all this stuff is a bit of a nightmare, so I would appreciate any comments to put me on the right path to solving it.

I've also noticed on a friends computer that they have a service called 'Basics Service' which is started auto. This is NOT in my services listing.
Should I have it, and if so where do I get it ?

What a mess many thanks in advance for your time, regards jonty21