You have a wireless Internet connection and it won’t connect to the Internet due to system misconfiguration. It fails followed by one or more error messages given below:
- Error 1068: The dependency or group failed to start the WLAN Auto Config service on the local computer
- Error 1068: Windows would not start the Task Scheduler Service on Local Computer.
- Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed to start.
Download the Diagnostic
There are certain situations when missing entries in your registry and registry corruption causes this problem. Try running a registry scan to identify if there are any such issues.
- Click the button below to download and install the Diagnostic
- Perform a Registry scan and fix any problems detected.
- Restart your computer.
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Restart WLAN Auto Config
Your computer has failed to start WLAN Auto Config service which provides the logic required to configure, discover, connect to and disconnect from a wireless local area network (WLAN). Restart the service as follows:
For Windows 10/ 8.1/ 8/ 7/ Vista:
1. Open Services tool from Run dialog box. Open Run by pressing Windows Key + R, and then use “services.msc” command to open up the essential utility.
2. Scroll down the window.
3. Right click “WLAN AutoConfig” and choose Properties.
4. In the new dialog that opens, select Startup Type: Automatic
5. Click Start button under Service Status category.
6. Click Apply, and then OK.
7. Exit out of the screen; restart your PC.
Use Network Diagnostic
As we covered in this article, using Network Troubleshooting utility you can find and fix many Internet errors including Internet connection error 1068.
For Windows 10/ 8.1/ 8:
1. Open Control Panel by pressing Windows Key + X; choosing that option.
2. Type following in the Address Bar window on top:
- Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\
3. Press ENTER.
4. Click Troubleshooting icon.
5. Click Network and Internet | Internet Connection.
6. It opens up a new wizard. Click “Advanced” link, and then click “Run as administrator.”
7. Follow the on-screen instructions.
For Windows 7/ Vista:
1. Click Start; type “Troubleshooting” in Search Box.
2. Open up that.
3. Refer Steps # 5-7 under Windows 10/ 8.1/ 8 section.
Modify Service Dependency
Terminate the net spooler service, configure its dependency and then restart it again.
For Windows 10/ 8.1/ 8:
1. Press Windows Key + X; choose Command Prompt (Admin).
2. Execute below commands in given sequence:
- Net stop spooler
- Sc config spooler depend= RPCSS
- Net start spooler
- Exit
3. Restart your computer.
For Windows 7/ Vista:
1. Click Start; type “CMD.”
2. From Search Results, right click the keyword and select Run as administrator.
3. Refer Steps # 2-3 under Windows 10/ 8.1/ 8 user’s section.
Change Registry Settings
Your system settings are not properly configured. Here are the steps to deal with Registry issues that are causing error 1068:
For Windows 10/ 8.1/ 8/ 7/ Vista:
1. Open up Registry Editor using “RegEdit” command in Search.
2. Locate below subkey:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dhcp\
3. Double click “DependOnService” string.
4. Replace its value with “Afd” (without quotes); press ENTER.
5. Exit out of the screen and restart your PC.
Rename Specified File
A file named RtBackup might be corrupted. Rename the file as follows:
1. Start your computer in Safe Mode by opening System Configuration with “MsConfig” command in Run dialog, and then activating “Safe boot” option under Boot tab.
2. Execute below command:
- CD C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\WMI
- Rename RtBackup RtBackup2
- EXIT
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