Windows 10: How to fix start or stop services options greyed out in Services on Windows 10 pro

How to fix start or stop services options greyed out in Services on Windows 10 professional?

O/S Version: Microsoft Windows 10 Professional X64


Service Pack: Service Pack 1

I tried running services.msc as admin still same issue.

What could be causing it and how to fix it?

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How to fix start or stop services options greyed out in Services on Windows 7 professional?

How to fix start or stop services options greyed out in Services on Windows 7 professional?

O/S Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional X64

Service Pack: Service Pack 1
I tried running services.msc as admin still same issue.

What could be causing it and how to fix it?

 

How to fix start or stop services options greyed out in Services on Windows 7 professional?

That might just be how Windows works.

I have a standard user account and logged in and launched services.msc, navigated to Windows Module Installer, right click, All Tasks and everything was greyed out.

I then ran services.msc as Administrator and see the same thing.





So I conclude that a standard user doesn't have permission to manipulate Services.

It is easy to find a list of things a standard user can do, but I did not find a specific list of what a standard user can't do and did not look very hard.

There might be some way to add Service manipulation to a standard user account or some other way to get it to work but I am not going to try to figure it out.

Here is one complicated looking set of instructions that might work:

Start / Stop a Windows Service from a non-Administrator user account

I would say that Windows is working as designed which is not always as desired.

 

unable to start the Windows time service on Windows 10

Hi Enriq,

As you are facing issue with starting the Windows Time Service, do not worry we will help you with this issue.

Do let us know the following to assist you better with this issue:

• What exactly happens when you try to turn on the service?
• What is the complete error message/ error code of this issue?
• Have you made any changes to the operating system prior to this issue?

Method 1: I suggest you to run a SFC scan and check if it helps.

System File Checkeris 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.

Note: If you are not able to repair some files after performing SFC scan, I suggest you to refer to the point 3 “Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to
fix some of them. Details are included in the CBS.Log %WinDir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log”. Under the section “Run the System File Checker tool (SFC.exe)” to repair the corrupted files after performing SFC scan.

Refer: Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files

Method 2: I suggest you to Restart Windows Time Service and check if it helps.

Windows Time Service maintains date and time synchronization on all clients and servers in the network. If this service is stopped date and time synchronization will be unavailable. If this service is disabled,
any services that explicitly depends on it will fail to start.

Step 1: Stop the service:

• Press Windows Key + R on the keyboard and type
  services.msc, Services window gets opened.
• Search for Windows Time service and stop.
• To do so, right click on each service select Stop
• Restart the device.

Step 2: Start the service and set it to automatic:

• Press Windows Key + R on the keyboard and type
  services.msc, Services window gets opened.
• Search for Windows Time service, right click on it and click on
  Properties.
• Start the service, set
  Startup type to Automatic.

Hope it helps. Kindly update the status of accessing the Windows Time Service for further assistance.

Thank you.