Error in services.msc: Error: 54 Unspecified error

Question

I'm getting the following error when I click on any service in the services.msc control:

An error has occurred in this dialog.

Error: 54
Unspecified error.

This is on Windows Server 2003.

As you can see in the screenshot, the error isn't specifying the line or URL so it's not giving me much to go on.

Solution 1

I found the IE 8 wasn't fully installed. It had supposedly installed with a group of Windows Updates. I even got the IE Welcome dialog but when I checked About it was IE 7. I did the download from MS but I'm not sure what actually kicked off the IE 8 Installation. Once IE 8 installed my error when away.

Solution 2

To fix this issue download and install the lastest IE8 from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/worldwide-sites.aspx and do not remove anything before doing so

Comments

[joeqwerty]

Try accessing it from another computer and see if you have the same problem. If you don't, then I'd say it's an interface problem and not a server problem. Have you recently updated the server (like installing IE8)? Have you rebooted the server?

[Dave Forgac]

Reboot: Yes. Update: No. IE install: No.

[Dave Forgac]

I later found that the user had upgraded the system to IE8 immediately before this problem started. Reverting to IE7 didn't correct the problem however.