The WebClient service always at "stopping" state. Of course the service itself does not work (I cannot access sharepoint folders using their UNC paths, for example).
Tried rebooting - the service goes to "stopping" right after reboot.
Tried enabling basic authentication as some recommend, did not help.
Tried killing the "svchost" process; the WebClient service then goes out of "stopping" state. Attempting to start the service, it gets stuck in "stopping" right away.
System is WinXP SP2.
If you already applied the tip you mentioned (setting
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet
\Services\WebClient\Parameters\UseBasicAuth (DWORD)
to "1", reverting the value to pre-SP2., you could debug the problem using Sysinternals Process Explorer to see what resources the svchost.exe, which hosts the service is using. Use the command-line use "tasklist /svc" to determing, which svchost.exe process is hosting the WebClient service.
Update: Is installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 an option? Maybe something went wrong after having installed SP 2 which could be resolved by SP3?
