An error occurred while Internet Connection Sharing was being enabled. The dependency service or group failed?

Question

When I try to change the setting in the Network and Sharing Center (I'm running Vista) in the sharing tab the checkbox next "to allow other network users to connect through this computer's internet connection" when I check it it gives me the message "An error occurred while Internet Connection Sharing was being enabled. The dependency service or group failed to start" and it wont let me start up some of the requred services in the "services.msc" function. Any help would be much appreciated

Answer 1

Translation:

A service needed by ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) is not running.

Solution:

Click Start, Run, type services.msc, and click OK. To enable a service, find it in the right pane and double-click its entry. Be sure its Startup Type is set to Automatic and click OK. All the following services must be configured in order to use ICS:

Application Layer Gateway Service

Network Connections

Network Location Awareness (NLA)

Plug And Play

Remote Access Auto Connection Manager

Remote Access Connection Manager

Remote Procedure Call (RPC)

Telephony

After verifying and/or configuring Automatic startup for each of these services, close the Services window and restart the computer before attempting again to enable ICS.