Solved Can't Turn On Public Folder Sharing

berserker

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Hello,

I'm using Home Premium x64. I can see my XP machines on my home network and access their public folders; however, they can see my Vista machine but not the public folders (the window is blank).

When I try to turn on Public Folder Sharing in Vista I receive an "Unspecified error" box. Network Discovery and File Sharing are ON.

Any ideas?

Thank you.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 rev. 2.0
    Memory
    8GB G.SKILL DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    VisionTek Radeon HD 4870
    Hard Drives
    Two WD Caviar SE16 250GB SATA 2 in RAID0. Two Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500 GB SATA 2 in RAID1.
I also noticed that I don't have the "Share..." option when I right-click a folder in Explorer. The place where it's supposed to be is blank.

Anyone know what's going on?

I've done a lot of googling and no one else seems to have this problem.

Thanks.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 rev. 2.0
    Memory
    8GB G.SKILL DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    VisionTek Radeon HD 4870
    Hard Drives
    Two WD Caviar SE16 250GB SATA 2 in RAID0. Two Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500 GB SATA 2 in RAID1.
If you are getting unspecified errors look in your error logs to se if there are any other errors that can point you in the right direction.

You get there by going into start, right click on my computer and choose manage.
Also look in your reliability and performance logs.

Check your services to enure the correct ones for sharing are turned on.

Check the tutorials on this website.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/59910-services.html?ltr=S
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/82728-system-health-report.html?ltr=S
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/126910-simple-file-sharing-enable.html?ltr=S

This is just a couple to look at.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    I5 3570K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
    Memory
    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
    Sound Card
    creative x-fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    Both 1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
    PSU
    Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
    Cooling
    3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
    Keyboard
    Logik
    Mouse
    Technika TKOPTM2
    Internet Speed
    288 / 4000
    Other Info
    Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers
    Trust Graphics Tablet
roy69,

Thank you very much for your help.

A clean install fixed the problem (my original installation was on top of XP).
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 rev. 2.0
    Memory
    8GB G.SKILL DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    VisionTek Radeon HD 4870
    Hard Drives
    Two WD Caviar SE16 250GB SATA 2 in RAID0. Two Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500 GB SATA 2 in RAID1.
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