Windows 7 enable dma grayed out

I'm afraid you will need to look elsewhere for the cause of your problem. If you are using DVD's, have you tried another brand? This is obviously incorrect because even the slowest Serial ATA mode 1. Mueller is an author I have trusted for quite a while, but I'm always willing to re-learn something found to be in error. Thanks, but like Jack, I can not get to a screen like you show. How about sending specifics on your computer, is it sata, etc?

I did manage to get to a screen where I've been able to change the external performance to "high" or something like that. I've also changed to Memeo backup software. As a result, the process is going faster, but is still slow. Should have made one change at a time. I took that screen grap from my desktop on a sata drive that's using AHCI with the microsoft msahci driver.

I had a look after reading the above comments on another pc using the Intel iaStor AHCI driver and couldn't repeat that screen grap. Hope this helps. I ran the Nero program and went to the same screen as in your post, but can't manage to paste the screen grab.

It showed that both internal drives are running in dma mode. Supports udma and currently using the same, so I'm assuming dma is not the problem. At this point it will take approximately 30 hours to back up about GB. Compromise 3. The control buttons are disabled because the service is already running, and doesn't support the stop, pause, or resume functions. The Startup type is disabled because even an administrator, running the management console elevated, is prevented from changing the configuration.

If you are completely determined to change the startup type for this and potentially other services that otherwise react similarly , run the services management console as SYSTEM. When you do that, the Startup type dropdown becomes enabled But I don't recommend it Compromise 1. Hi Richard, Are you running the Services Management console as an elevated administrator?

What services are you having a difficult time configuring? Hi There, I dont think i am running the console with elevated admin rights, I normally just set my account to have administrator priveleges but is it a bit more complicated then that. The service i want to stop DCOM server Process Launcher, The startup type is set to "automatic" and i have no option to change these settings. Just guessing, but I'd say the controls for this service are grayed-out because Windows believes this service to be essential to its operation.

How do you know you want to disable it? A lot of things rely on COM objects nowadays. I notice quite a few entries in the section entitled "The following system components depend on this service".

Perhaps it's a bit early in the Windows 7 game to be disabling things to try to get it to run better. It's not XP and the same tweaks will not necessarily apply. I too started out wondering what I could disable, but I was talked out of doing so and sure enough Windows 7 actually seems to run pretty well if left alone. I'm sure there will be more and more Windows 7 tuning tips published as time passes.

Hey there. Because i am inquisitive i cant help but tinker, Its in my nature. I know these MS operating systems get bloated sometimes. Why have stuff running in the backgriound if you dont need it. This is a screenshot from the 'bad' W7 desktop:. Note that on the 'good' W7 laptop, the same service has the 'started' status.

Attempting to Stop and Start it on this laptop respond as expected and without any error message. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Windows Client. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows 7 Networking.

Sign in to vote. However: On the W7 desktop, when running msra. Tuesday, October 8, PM. Let me summarize the steps I took to make this thread useful for others like me experiencing the same problem: Problem : Cannot easy the "Easy Connect" feature for to setup Remote Assistance as Easy Connect is Greyed out in my Windows 7 PC.

The Peer Networking Identity Manager service was stopped successfully. Post Mortem: can someone perhaps explain what happened? Saturday, October 12, PM. Hope this helps, Ada Liu We are trying to better understand customer views on social support experience, so your participation in this interview project would be greatly appreciated if you have time. Friday, October 11, AM. Saturday, October 12, AM. Hi, I would like to tell that this function depends on the Network environment.

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