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unable to turn on network discovery
  1. #1


    ezduzit94 Guest

    unable to turn on network discovery

    I just purchased a Toshiba Satellite A215 S4697 with Windows Vista Home
    Premium. When I try to turn on Network Discovery (from the Network and
    Sharing Center) I get the message:
    "This service cannot accept control messages at this time"



    When I try to change from PUBLIC to PRIVATE (also from Network and Sharing)
    I get the following message:
    "Windows could not set the network settings"
    "Network name = (my network name)"
    "You can try to change this setting later in the Network and Sharing Center"

    I have had many other problems so I reformatted and re-installed the
    original software. No other software or hardware has been added.

    Any help out ther

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  2. #2


    unique unused display name Guest

    RE: unable to turn on network discovery

    I am also unable to turn on network discovery. I do not get any error
    messages or anything. My problem is that network discovery says "custom"
    instead of on or off. When I expand to the choices and choose "on" to turn
    on Network discovery, it still says custom. Microsoft technical support
    couldn't figure out why either. She said she had never seen that problem
    before. Any ideas?

    "ezduzit94" wrote:

    > I just purchased a Toshiba Satellite A215 S4697 with Windows Vista Home
    > Premium. When I try to turn on Network Discovery (from the Network and
    > Sharing Center) I get the message:
    > "This service cannot accept control messages at this time"
    >
    > When I try to change from PUBLIC to PRIVATE (also from Network and Sharing)
    > I get the following message:
    > "Windows could not set the network settings"
    > "Network name = (my network name)"
    > "You can try to change this setting later in the Network and Sharing Center"
    >
    > I have had many other problems so I reformatted and re-installed the
    > original software. No other software or hardware has been added.
    >
    > Any help out ther


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  3. #3


    stevo1 Guest

    RE: unable to turn on network discovery

    same here i am having the same problem, vista will not change the network
    discovery to on , i have tried everything microsoft can offer , but no luck,
    if anyone can help please feel free. iam now getting fed up.

    "unique unused display name" wrote:

    > I am also unable to turn on network discovery. I do not get any error
    > messages or anything. My problem is that network discovery says "custom"
    > instead of on or off. When I expand to the choices and choose "on" to turn
    > on Network discovery, it still says custom. Microsoft technical support
    > couldn't figure out why either. She said she had never seen that problem
    > before. Any ideas?
    >
    > "ezduzit94" wrote:
    >

    > > I just purchased a Toshiba Satellite A215 S4697 with Windows Vista Home
    > > Premium. When I try to turn on Network Discovery (from the Network and
    > > Sharing Center) I get the message:
    > > "This service cannot accept control messages at this time"
    > >
    > > When I try to change from PUBLIC to PRIVATE (also from Network and Sharing)
    > > I get the following message:
    > > "Windows could not set the network settings"
    > > "Network name = (my network name)"
    > > "You can try to change this setting later in the Network and Sharing Center"
    > >
    > > I have had many other problems so I reformatted and re-installed the
    > > original software. No other software or hardware has been added.
    > >
    > > Any help out ther

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  4. #4


    unique unused display name Guest

    Network Discovery "custom" problem solved (for me anyway)

    I just wanted to inform others that might be having the same problem with the
    network discovery saying "custom" instead of on or off. I turned on two
    services in the services.msc: SSDP and Universal plug and play. Then I went
    back to the network discovery, clicked on and VIOLA it stayed ON. I hope
    this helps

    "stevo1" wrote:

    > same here i am having the same problem, vista will not change the network
    > discovery to on , i have tried everything microsoft can offer , but no luck,
    > if anyone can help please feel free. iam now getting fed up.
    >
    > "unique unused display name" wrote:
    >

    > > I am also unable to turn on network discovery. I do not get any error
    > > messages or anything. My problem is that network discovery says "custom"
    > > instead of on or off. When I expand to the choices and choose "on" to turn
    > > on Network discovery, it still says custom. Microsoft technical support
    > > couldn't figure out why either. She said she had never seen that problem
    > > before. Any ideas?
    > >
    > > "ezduzit94" wrote:
    > >

    > > > I just purchased a Toshiba Satellite A215 S4697 with Windows Vista Home
    > > > Premium. When I try to turn on Network Discovery (from the Network and
    > > > Sharing Center) I get the message:
    > > > "This service cannot accept control messages at this time"
    > > >
    > > > When I try to change from PUBLIC to PRIVATE (also from Network and Sharing)
    > > > I get the following message:
    > > > "Windows could not set the network settings"
    > > > "Network name = (my network name)"
    > > > "You can try to change this setting later in the Network and Sharing Center"
    > > >
    > > > I have had many other problems so I reformatted and re-installed the
    > > > original software. No other software or hardware has been added.
    > > >
    > > > Any help out ther

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

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