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Base Filtering Engine service will not start on Windows 2008 R2
We had a major server fault over the weekend where some hard drives and the mainboard's raid controller failed. Mainboard and HDD's replaced - the Windows Server 2008 R2 is loading up, but many of the network applications cannot be access from the connected computers.
This IS NOT a DC, it DOES NOT perform DHCP or DNS, but it DOES provide dial-in VPN access for remote users. The server can access the internet fine - because I can connect to it via TeamViewer - but there are a number of services that will not start since the hardware recovery. Also - the Teamviewer application is generating a new ID every single time it is run, so that also makes me think there is an underlying network issue.
Initially, DHCP client service, TCPIP NetBIOS helper, Network Location Awareness and a few other services would not start. After some registry changes to allow SERVICE, LOCAL SERVICE and NETWORK SERVICE permissions on a few of these problematic services; and adding LOCAL SERVICE and NETWORK SERVICE to the Administrators group; most of these services are now running, and some of the network capability is back.
However, none of the client computers can access the SQL database application we use and a number of other network apps...
It appears that the Base Filtering Engine, which is a dependent service for Windows Firewall, Diagnostic Policy Service and Routing and Remote Access Service, is failing to start despite my permissions changes in the registry and any other attempts to get it working. All four of these services which are either Automatic or Automatic (delayed) are failing to start.
There's no malware or virus infections - so please, no suggestions about checking for these.
I've run the SFC /scannow procedure to check for file corruptions... there was nothing found.
I've gone through the DACL settings as discussed on http://blogs.technet.com/b/rspitz/archive/2010/09/19/quot-access-is-denied-quot-when-you-attempt-to-start-the-base-filtering-engine-service-after-upgrading-from-windows-server-2003-to-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx and none of the non-windows services are missing the specific entry referred to.
I'm at a loss as to what to try next. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
This IS NOT a DC, it DOES NOT perform DHCP or DNS, but it DOES provide dial-in VPN access for remote users. The server can access the internet fine - because I can connect to it via TeamViewer - but there are a number of services that will not start since the hardware recovery. Also - the Teamviewer application is generating a new ID every single time it is run, so that also makes me think there is an underlying network issue.
Initially, DHCP client service, TCPIP NetBIOS helper, Network Location Awareness and a few other services would not start. After some registry changes to allow SERVICE, LOCAL SERVICE and NETWORK SERVICE permissions on a few of these problematic services; and adding LOCAL SERVICE and NETWORK SERVICE to the Administrators group; most of these services are now running, and some of the network capability is back.
However, none of the client computers can access the SQL database application we use and a number of other network apps...
It appears that the Base Filtering Engine, which is a dependent service for Windows Firewall, Diagnostic Policy Service and Routing and Remote Access Service, is failing to start despite my permissions changes in the registry and any other attempts to get it working. All four of these services which are either Automatic or Automatic (delayed) are failing to start.
There's no malware or virus infections - so please, no suggestions about checking for these.
I've run the SFC /scannow procedure to check for file corruptions... there was nothing found.
I've gone through the DACL settings as discussed on http://blogs.technet.com/b/rspitz/archive/2010/09/19/quot-access-is-denied-quot-when-you-attempt-to-start-the-base-filtering-engine-service-after-upgrading-from-windows-server-2003-to-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx and none of the non-windows services are missing the specific entry referred to.
I'm at a loss as to what to try next. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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