Windows 10: Unable to start Network Location Awareness service

Hi all,


Can anyone advise how to get the Network Location Awareness service running again? It seems that because this service isn't running, Windows isn't "aware" that I'm online. And because it's not aware, I'm experiencing other issues eg it thinks my Windows isn't activated when I do in fact have a digital licence.


If this isn't the cause of the issue described below please let me know!


Background info: I'm running Win10 Pro ver 1903 64-bit on a desktop machine no WiFi capability. I currently do not have anti-virus software installed. I have a blank network status screen and according to the Ethernet status I have no internet connection. However, I am able to browse the web normally.








What I've tried: I found the below threads and others outside of this site and after following the suggested solutions I believe the cause of the issue is the Network Location Awareness service not running. Please correct me if I'm wrong!


https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...us-blank/98f579d5-eeb1-4102-af8b-f8f8c5f6c5f5


https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...not-find/1e3b01e6-16b0-45b0-a4db-5414ae1c8bec


https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/10741/windows-fix-network-connection-issues



Results of suggested solutions:

NOTE: The below were tried over a couple of days, in no particular order


net start NlaSvc





Type netsh winsock reset and select Enter.

Type netsh int ip reset and select Enter.

Type ipconfig /release and select Enter.

Type ipconfig /renew and select Enter.

Type ipconfig /flushdns and select Enter.




With the command - netsh int ip reset - there was a failed status, is this normal? What failed exactly? I restarted my PC anyway after running all of the above commands, but that has not resolved the issue.


With the command - ipconfig /renew - it says the operation was canceled by the user; except I didn't?




Network Reset - this didn't resolve the issue.




Many thanks,

Mondoni

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Trouble starting Network Location Awareness and dependencies

Hi,

Sorry for the account change - for some reason I couldn't sign in with my original account. So I made a new one.

For Network Location Awareness the message I get is as follows:

Windows could not start the Network Location Awareness service on local computer

Error 1079 The account specified for this service is different from the account specified for other services running the same process.

For The dependent service:

For Network List Service I get the following message

Windows could not start the Network List Service service on local computer

Error 1068 The dependency service or group failed to start

I have internet, but the network is no longer showing and in Network and Internet in control panel it says I am not connected to the network. I have a home network (verizon fios with a highspeed router and four extenders. I am plugged in with the cat5 to
an extender)

I have not made any changes to the registry.

Do you think you can help?

Thank You

Stephen

 

Location service is greyed out

Hi Shahriar,

Thank you for responding.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused for you, I suggest you to try the below troubleshooting steps and check If it helps.

Step 1: Steps to turn on the Location settings.

• Login as an administrator.
• Press Windows key, type Location settings and select
  Change location settings.
• Check whether Location for this device is On by clicking on
  Change.
• Also turn on Location as well.

Step 2: And as you are unable to set the service Geolocation service to automatic, I suggest you to run SFC scan and check.

System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

Follow the below steps:

• 
  Right click on the Start button, click on
  Command Prompt (Admin).
  
• 
  Type “sfc /scannow” without the quotes and hit
  Enter.
  
• 
  After the scan, restart the computer and check for the issue.
  

Try to set the service to automatic by following the steps provided in the above post by Praveen Venugopal.

Hope it helps. Kindly update the status of the issue, we will be happy to help you.

 

Trouble starting Network Location Awareness and dependencies

Hi Ian Ser,

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately it didn't help. I am running windows 10 and the answers from TaterNutz and Nocompromise were much older. I did try them both though. I didn't do anything to the registry.

Maybe I should clarify:

My computer is not shown in the Network sharing center. I no longer see my network connections in the tray. In the Control panel under the Network and Internet option it says I am not connected to the network, but there are networks available. I am connected
to the internet.

I can't turn on Network Location Awareness, Network List Service, or Network Connected Devices Auto-setup.

I hope you are able to help.

Thanks

Stephen