Windows 10: Unable to use any MS services requiring connectivity

I'm reposting this query from Edge, since the problem is far more than just Edge. No MS services requiring connectivity are working for last 2-3 weeks except internet explorer.Edge gives err_connection_refused/aborted , One Drive will not connect after entering email, Skype will not connect. Outlook 2019 works but that is a different authentication I believe. All other net services Mozilla, Chrome. are fine. All MS service work fine from web or from Android phone. Various things that have not worked, other than basic steps, include: updating to windows 11, running SFC scannow, using another

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0x800704cf error for MS services whenever connected through VPN

After trying all the basic troubleshooting steps for the connection error 0x800704cf that I experience with the MS services like the Store and To Do syncing, I found out it's only happening when connected to VPN. Just to recap, I've already done steps outlined
in different MS articles such as:

- Resetting the MS Store in Apps

- Running various troubleshooters

- Restarting my PC

- Etc.

How can I keep using VPN while also using MS services? I can live with having to disconnect it to use the MS Store, but I don't want to have to do so for syncing To Do because I use it all the time (just migrated from Wunderlist). Thanks for any suggestions.

 

Unable to Connect to Logical Disk Manager Service Error in Computer Management

WELL, I'll be an "S.O.B."! I got it... lol, just now!

Apparently, & I am going to record this & BOOKMARK/FAV it in my webbrowsers as "HOW TO FIX LOGICAL DISK MANAGER HASSLES" (lol), it is SOMETHING in my services!

You need THIS list of them running (provided you have them online that is, some OS won't have SOME of these (this is Windows Server 2003) & some are 3rd party & won't matter):





* NO SAFE MODE REQUIRED - THIS FIXED IT, PURELY SERVICES RELATED... oddly, no "dependencies" other than the ones the services need (RPC & Plug n Play) are listed in the 2 services for Logical Disk Management... it's like MS missed (somehow) the fact that there IS other dependencies on other services than what they list!

That list above is PROBABLY "overkill" & it is only a fraction of that list above, but the point is there... with ALL of those active? Logical Disk Manager "gets its act together" again & works!

APK

P.S.=> BRB, with screenshot of services & their startup status needed for this to work, in case anyone else hits this... it is a real you-know-what if you can't get to a disk to format it, lol... so, recording it for everyone's sake! apk

 

Unable to Connect to Logical Disk Manager Service Error in Computer Management

EDIT: I also edited dcomcnfg properties to allow EXPLICIT access for the services involved with MY USERNAME, though it is part of a legit Admin group, I added it explicity... don't know if this had ANYTHING to do w/ it, but am adding it for reference here!

I got it, & the disk is formatting as I speak... listed as 100% @ this point now.

(Yes, it is rather "funny", but it helps me record steps & "think out" what the problem MIGHT be)...

* It was REALLY 'ticking me off', because I got SUCH a good deal (imo @ least) for this 250gb drive ($65 U.S. Dollars) I was rather upset I could not even format it because of this service NOT running as it should have... now, I know the way of it to get it working & so does everyone else (or, @ least this much of how to get it running again).

APK

P.S.=> Hopefully, this list will be useful to anyone else that hits a "snag" using diskmgmt.msc & finds it cannot connect... apk