I have been having a problem for a couple of weeks now. Everything on my
other computer was working fine, when all of a sudden, there wasn't any
connectivity on my other computer. When I checked the connection status, it
had the red X but gave me an Error 1068 (Dependency service or group failed
to start). The strange thing is that it happened now, since before I still
had that red X displayed, but I got connectivity. But now, on to the real
concern.

I have tried many methods on the Internet with no success.
I have gone to services and tried to start the Network Awareness Locator
Service to no avail. I have run the SFC checker and if flagged on file
(npmproxy.dll). When I found an "updated" version that was supposed to be
fine, it did absolutely nothing. I have tried replacing that file with no
avail. What is the latest version of this file and why is my connectivity not
back?

Open Control panel, Device manager, and highlight the Ethernet device,
Action menu, "Uninstall", (do Not put a check in 'delete driver") then
Action menu,"scan for hardware changes", to find the device drivers again
automatically.
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"supasonic85" <supasonic85@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have been having a problem for a couple of weeks now. Everything on my
> other computer was working fine, when all of a sudden, there wasn't any
> connectivity on my other computer. When I checked the connection status,
> it
> had the red X but gave me an Error 1068 (Dependency service or group
> failed
> to start). The strange thing is that it happened now, since before I still
> had that red X displayed, but I got connectivity. But now, on to the real
> concern.
>
> I have tried many methods on the Internet with no success.
> I have gone to services and tried to start the Network Awareness Locator
> Service to no avail. I have run the SFC checker and if flagged on file
> (npmproxy.dll). When I found an "updated" version that was supposed to be
> fine, it did absolutely nothing. I have tried replacing that file with no
> avail. What is the latest version of this file and why is my connectivity
> not
> back?

Hi,

Have you tried updating/reinstalling the drivers for your network card? A
failed dependency usually indicates that a service cannot start, and it's
often due to driver files being corrupt or inappropriate for the system. In
addition, with x64, these need to be signed drivers.

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Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"supasonic85" <supasonic85@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F5365945-AEC3-40FD-8B1A-496346E8F6E7@microsoft.com...
>I have been having a problem for a couple of weeks now. Everything on my
> other computer was working fine, when all of a sudden, there wasn't any
> connectivity on my other computer. When I checked the connection status,
> it
> had the red X but gave me an Error 1068 (Dependency service or group
> failed
> to start). The strange thing is that it happened now, since before I still
> had that red X displayed, but I got connectivity. But now, on to the real
> concern.
>
> I have tried many methods on the Internet with no success.
> I have gone to services and tried to start the Network Awareness Locator
> Service to no avail. I have run the SFC checker and if flagged on file
> (npmproxy.dll). When I found an "updated" version that was supposed to be
> fine, it did absolutely nothing. I have tried replacing that file with no
> avail. What is the latest version of this file and why is my connectivity
> not
> back?

I have, but it didn't seem to help out. I transferred the latest Ethernet
card drivers but I still got the same status.



"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Have you tried updating/reinstalling the drivers for your network card? A
> failed dependency usually indicates that a service cannot start, and it's
> often due to driver files being corrupt or inappropriate for the system. In
> addition, with x64, these need to be signed drivers.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "supasonic85" <supasonic85@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F5365945-AEC3-40FD-8B1A-496346E8F6E7@microsoft.com...
> >I have been having a problem for a couple of weeks now. Everything on my
> > other computer was working fine, when all of a sudden, there wasn't any
> > connectivity on my other computer. When I checked the connection status,
> > it
> > had the red X but gave me an Error 1068 (Dependency service or group
> > failed
> > to start). The strange thing is that it happened now, since before I still
> > had that red X displayed, but I got connectivity. But now, on to the real
> > concern.
> >
> > I have tried many methods on the Internet with no success.
> > I have gone to services and tried to start the Network Awareness Locator
> > Service to no avail. I have run the SFC checker and if flagged on file
> > (npmproxy.dll). When I found an "updated" version that was supposed to be
> > fine, it did absolutely nothing. I have tried replacing that file with no
> > avail. What is the latest version of this file and why is my connectivity
> > not
> > back?
>
>

Thanks to all for the help so far. I verified that I installed the most
updated drivers and that I got the 64 bit version. The following link is a
desktop screen capture showing this and a couple of other tests.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v63S0kbsJLU

Can anyone suggest what I should do from here? I can make another recording
if that would be helpful.
"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> Open Control panel, Device manager, and highlight the Ethernet device,
> Action menu, "Uninstall", (do Not put a check in 'delete driver") then
> Action menu,"scan for hardware changes", to find the device drivers again
> automatically.
> --
> click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface.
> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm see ''rate a post''
> Mark L. Ferguson
>
> "supasonic85" <supasonic85@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F5365945-AEC3-40FD-8B1A-496346E8F6E7@microsoft.com...
> > I have been having a problem for a couple of weeks now. Everything on my
> > other computer was working fine, when all of a sudden, there wasn't any
> > connectivity on my other computer. When I checked the connection status,
> > it
> > had the red X but gave me an Error 1068 (Dependency service or group
> > failed
> > to start). The strange thing is that it happened now, since before I still
> > had that red X displayed, but I got connectivity. But now, on to the real
> > concern.
> >
> > I have tried many methods on the Internet with no success.
> > I have gone to services and tried to start the Network Awareness Locator
> > Service to no avail. I have run the SFC checker and if flagged on file
> > (npmproxy.dll). When I found an "updated" version that was supposed to be
> > fine, it did absolutely nothing. I have tried replacing that file with no
> > avail. What is the latest version of this file and why is my connectivity
> > not
> > back?
>

Here is the link of a few tests that I have done so far but to no avail.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v63S0kbsJLU

If anyone can help out, that would be great. I can make another screen
capture if needed.