Services.msc – An error has occurred in this dialog. Error: 54 Unspecified error.

The Problem

Every time I brought up Services.msc and clicked on a service, I would get the following Internet Explorer error.

Windows Internet Explorer
An error has occurred in this dialog.
Error: 54
Unspecified error.

The Solution

To correct his problem, install the latest version of Internet Explorer 8 (not sure if it will work with Internet Explorer 9+. If it does, please post a comment and I’ll update the article.)

This problem was encountered on a Windows Server 2003 box with Internet Explorer 8 already installed.