Sharing and public on/off may cause be network location. Could you please
post back if the network location is public when the share and public off
and the network location is private when the sharing is on? Or it could be
the 3rd party software. This post may help too.
File and Printer sharing turned off on reboot
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...hp?p=6432#6432
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"leontet" <leontet@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> Thank you for the quick reply, Robert!
>
> Unfortunatelly, it seems my bad english has driven you in the wrong
> direction. I have no troubles working with mapped volumes, and I have no
> volume on my Vista machine mapped on another PC on my home network.
>
> I was talking about two of the settings in "Network and Sharing Center":
> files sharing and pub folder sharing. They turn by themselves from ON to
> OFF
> every time I boot the PC, but only if a third setting, password protected
> sharing, is set to ON. The mentioned settings are not stuck or blocked, as
> I
> can turn them to ON and everything works just fine till the next boot up.
> As
> you imagine, the situation is more than annoying...
>
> Any idea on this one? Thank you very much!
>
>
> "Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:
> Quote:
>> The Vista Home edition doesn't remember the credentials. Create a logon
>> batch to map the drive. Or this post may help.
>> Vista doesn't remember mapped drives
>> Mar 27, 2008 ... I have a users using Windows Vista Home Premium.
>> ...
>> Which version of Vista are you using? Home versions can't cache
>> credentials.
>> ....
>> http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...pic.php?t=1570
>>
>>
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>> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
>> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
>> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
>> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>> "leontet" <leontet@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:09A6D173-3627-42F0-B74E-8E8CC09C2DEA@xxxxxx Quote:
>> > Hi!
>> >
>> > I just bought a new Lenovo 3000N200 laptop which came with Vista Home
>> > Premium preinstalled. I connected it wirelessly to my home network. The
>> > other
>> > PCs in this network are wired to the same ASUS wireless router and run
>> > WinXP.
>> > All the machines are in the same workgroup. The network profile of my
>> > Vista
>> > laptop is "Private".
>> >
>> > Everything works fine until I enable password protected sharing (file
>> > sharing ON, public folder sharing ON, password protected sharing ON)
>> > and
>> > reboot the machine. I mention the system is working as expected until
>> > reboot.
>> >
>> > After each reboot, I find both the file sharing and public folder
>> > sharing
>> > set to OFF. Of course, the shared folders are not accessible via
>> > network.
>> > I
>> > can set the two options back to ON and everything works fine again, but
>> > this
>> > is unacceptably annoying!
>> >
>> > If password protected sharing is set to OFF, file and folder sharing
>> > keep
>> > their ON state even after reboot. But I want the protected sharing - it
>> > fits
>> > my needs like a glove!
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any idea what is going on with my Vista machine??? I
>> > love
>> > the new network features in Vista, but this little malfunction is
>> > driving
>> > me
>> > crazy! Any input would be greatly appreciated -- thanks in advance!
>> >
>>
>>