Re: Can't start Server service

The box is checked.
But I don't have a tab named "Sharing" when I do a "Properties" on a folder.
i.e. I can't share folders, and I think the service got messed up somehow.

"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Control Panel|Network|"connection"|Properties|General and check the box
for
> "File and Printer Sharing for........."
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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> "John Smith" wrote:
> | Using Windows 2000 Professional with SP4.
> |
> | I can't start this important service from the Services window:
> | Service name: lanmanserver
> | Display Name: Server
> | Description: Provides RPC support and file, print, and named pipe
> sharing.
> | Path to executable: C:\WINNT\System32\services.exe
> |
> | A warning dialog window pops up:
> | Microsoft Management Console
> | Could not start the Server service on Local Computer
> | Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified
> |
> | I see the following description in the Event Viewer:
> | The server service was unable to load the server driver.
> |
> | The services.exe file is there, and is 92,944 bytes in size.
> | What other file is it looking for?
> |
> | I've tried re-installing SP4 to fix the above problem.
> | Is my only recourse to do an in-place upgrade of Windows 2000?
> |
> | TIA.
> |
> |
>
>


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