Resolve the Help and Support Service startup failures
Published: July 12, 2005Send your feedback
Symptoms
When you attempt to start the Help and Support Service using the Services.msc applet, one of the following error may be displayed:
Could not start the Help and Support
service on Local Computer.
Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.
Could not start the Help and Support
service on Local Computer.
Error 1083: The executable program that this service is configured to run in
does not implement the service
Resolution
To resolve the problem, download the Helpsvcfix utility and run it. Click the Inspect and Fix Helpsvc button once. Note that this utility requires administrator credentials to run. Restart Windows for the changes to take effect.
Download Helpsvcfix.zip ( which includes helpsvcfix.exe and the readme.txt files )