Re: Can't open Network and Sharing Center



mjMQ wrote:

For as long as I've had my new pc with 32-bit Vista I've had problems with
the Network and Sharing Center. The problem never bothered me enough to
really do too much about it but now, after a year of it I'm fed up and
trying to fix it.

So the problem is that I cannot open up the Network and Sharing Center
properly. I click it, it takes about 5 minutes for the folder that pops
up to be filled with any form of information, and then when the thing
finally
loads, not a single item inside the folder window is click-able. Under
"Sharing and Discovery" there are the options for "Network Discovery,"
"File
Sharing," etc. I can't click the drop-down arrows for any of those
options
nor can I click any of the options on the side of the window. I can't
even close the window without going into Task Manager and sometimes that
doesn't even work so I have to reboot the computer.

Any advice, information about what I should do would be greatly
appreciated.

Try this:

1. Go into Safe Mode With Command Prompt (repeatedly tap F8 as the computer
is starting up, then use the arrow key to select the right option)

2. At the command prompt type:

net localgroup "Administrators" "local Service" /add [enter]

See "The command completed successfully". Type:

exit [enter] and allow Vista to start normally.

If that doesn't help, provide more information - particularly the answer to
the First Question of Troubleshooting: assuming this issue has not always
existed, what changed between the time things worked and the time they
didn't?

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!
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