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MadHatter:
I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate MSDN x64.  I have no idea what other kind of information that is pertinent besides what I've already attempted to do.  Whenever I have a Yellow caution symbol on my WiFi adapter, I'm unable to run the troubleshooter to find out why and possibly do some repairing. 

I've restarted several times and have done multiple scans of MSE, Malwarebytes, Combofix, and a slew of other antivirus programs.

I've checked services.msi and confirmed the DPS can start (though it shuts down immediately thereafter) and that it is not disabled or even manual.

I've tried "Restore Important Windows Services" in Tweaking AIO (after disabling MSE).

I still cannot run a troubleshooter on a WiFi network that only has a local connection.  What gives?

Shane:
If the service is starting then stopping then the regkeys for the service arent the problem (Normally)

Have you done a system file check yet? Open a cmd.exe window and put in sfc /scannow

That will check if all system files are good, doesnt always work but at least it is something lol.

Besides that service what other problems are happening on the system?


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Are you talking about int he device manager? A yellow symbol will happen for two reasons normally.

1. The hardware is bad
2. The drive on the system is corrupt and needs to be wiped and reinstalled. (The driver, not the system)

Try this trick.

In the device manager go to view and show hidden devices.

Now where the wireless adapter is you should see it and any old adapters that where installed. Remove the wifi and any old ones that show up, they will be grayed out.

Show hidden devices lets you see all hardware ever added to the system but isnt currently being used. I use this trick to remove any old copies of hardware in the system, a lot of times it can help clear a driver problem allowing windows to install the driver correctly again :-)

Shane

MadHatter:
SFC scan did not find anything wrong.  I haven't noticed any other particular services that aren't running properly.

It's not a hardware issue.  The yellow symbol is regarding the network connection status.  Sometimes it takes a long time for Windows to identify, or ask about identifying (Home, Work, or Public) networks, or there was some sort of IP conflict/unassigned address error that would be taken care of with the Troubleshooter.  However, the troubleshooter cannot run without DPS; hence my problem.

Shane:
When you used my repair tool did you run all the repairs or only the one?

If you didnt run all the repairs, have the program backup the registry first and then run all repairs and see how it does.

A lot of things are tied together. An example is the Windows firewall and WMI. The firewall needs WMI then you also have permissions. So normally to make the firewall work properly you run the permissions, wmi and firewall repairs not just the firewall repair. This is just an example but why I normally like when a user trys all the repairs :-)

Shane

MadHatter:
Ah, okay.  It's not too surprising to find out it's probably some other step in your tool (which I use extensively for fixing my friends' computers), but is there any way I could cut down the amount of time for repair?  Anything I could mostly likely skip?  Fortunately, I can remotely control my computer and most things should be done by the time I get home, but it's also the Media Center of the house and I don't want to potentially knock it out for the 5+ hrs I have left in my day.

Thanks for writing such a comprehensive tool that actually WORKS!

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