The dependency service or group failed to start

[Guest]

Hello,
all of a sudden when ever i try to download programs off the internet such as Oovoo, Skype and Frostwire i get the "the dependency sevice or group failed to start" message. any suggestions or ideas to overcome/fix this??

 

[Ijack]

First step is to look in the event log to see what error messages there are. In particular this should allow you to identify the service that isn't starting.