Finally Solved:Diagnostic Policy Service Not Running

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In Windows 7 there is an error due to which it cannot connect to the internet.

In this video in three simple steps, we will resolve the problem of

The Diagnostic Policy Service is not running, click to run as an administrator.

This error can be solved easily

Step 1: Open the command prompt in administrative mode
Diagnostic Policy Service
Step 2: Type the following commands
Diagnostic Policy Service
  • net localgroup Administrators /add networkservice
  • net localgroup Administrators /add localservice
Step 3:Restart the system and check if the diagnostic policy service has started
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After performing the above task you should not receive the error

The Diagnostic Policy Service is not running, click to run as an administrator.

You should be able to connect to the internet after doing the said procedure

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