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Old 10-20-2007   #5 (permalink)
Jeffrey Randow


 
 

Re: File sharing can not be turned on

How did you do the backup/restore?

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Jeffrey Randow
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Windows Networking MVP 2001-2006
http://www.networkblog.net

On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:19:30 -0400, churin <churin@xxxxxx>
wrote:
Quote:

>Thanks for your response.
>The network was classified as or set as "Private network".
>
>I had access problem with other machine in the past and at that time
>cause of the problem was found to be that it was set as "Public" and
>changing it to "Private" resolved the problem. So I am very much aware
>of what you mentioned.
>
>I do not remember that with this particular machine if the network ever
>set as "Public" or not. Suppose it was onece set as Public, but I assume
>that only the check marks are removed from certain list items such as
>"Network Discovery". Maybe for some reason those entries needed for
>Private networking were deleted instead when it was set as Public.
>
>Another thing I should mention is that this installtion of Vista is done
>by restoring backup image of an installed and working Vista. It could be
> that the network access problem began when the OS was restored. If
>this is the case then there could be flaw in either back up process or
>restore process.
>
>Jeffrey Randow wrote:
Quote:

>> Depending on how you classify the particular network. If you are
>> "Public" you will have those services blocked..
>>
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>> Jeffrey Randow
>> jeffreycentex@xxxxxx
>> Windows Networking MVP 2001-2006
>> http://www.networkblog.net
>>
>> On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:25:52 -0400, churin <churin@xxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
Quote:

>>> churin wrote:
>>>> Robert L (MS-MVP) wrote:
>>>>> Does the Network and Sharing center shows Unidentified Network?
>>>>>
>>>> No, I do not see "Unidentified Network" on the display of Network and
>>>> Sharing center.
>>> I am pleased to report that the problem has been resolved. I found that
>>> "File and Printer Sharing" and "Network Discovery" were missing from the
>>> Exception list for the Firewall(built in Vista). I added these and
>>> placed check mark on each, then the problem was resolved. I just do not
>>> know why missing those items from the list ever happened.
>>> Thanks anyway for trying to help me.
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