I am trying to establish a home network, with a shared "Public" folder for
media. After my freh install of Vista Ultimate i was able to enable/disable
"Cannot Disable Password Protected Sharing" in "Control Panel\Network and
Sharing Center" but now, i cannot. I do not remember changing anything that
would have indicated this change.
I have UAC disabled, have an administrator account enabled (without
password) and have my network set to private. I relasie there was a post on
this topic at an earlier date, although i thought i would refresh the
dilemma.

Thank you for any assistance you may offer

Enable UAC,
Add a Password to the admin account.
....winston

"Dan Ryan" Dan wrote in message ...
:I am trying to establish a home network, with a shared "Public" folder for
: media. After my freh install of Vista Ultimate i was able to enable/disable
: "Cannot Disable Password Protected Sharing" in "Control Panel\Network and
: Sharing Center" but now, i cannot. I do not remember changing anything that
: would have indicated this change.
: I have UAC disabled, have an administrator account enabled (without
: password) and have my network set to private. I relasie there was a post on
: this topic at an earlier date, although i thought i would refresh the
: dilemma.
:
: Thank you for any assistance you may offer

"...winston" wrote:

Enable UAC,
Add a Password to the admin account.
....winston

Thankyou for your swift reply, although this did not fix my problem. Even
with the true administrator account enabled, i can not disable Password
Protected Sharing. My Next question is, is there a way to restore ALL default
security policies, by means of registry etc.

Are you using a dialup connection ?
Make all changes(UAC, password) in a regular admin account ?
...winston

"Dan Ryan" wrote in message ...
:
:
: "...winston" wrote:
:
: Enable UAC,
: Add a Password to the admin account.
: ....winston
:
: Thankyou for your swift reply, although this did not fix my problem. Even
: with the true administrator account enabled, i can not disable Password
: Protected Sharing. My Next question is, is there a way to restore ALL default
: security policies, by means of registry etc.

"...winston" wrote:

Are you using a dialup connection ?
Make all changes(UAC, password) in a regular admin account ?

Hi. No i have a 1.5Mb connection. Sorry i was vague in my initial post. I
did try with a reg Admin account, as well as the true admin. Anyway the
problem has been rectified as i completed a complete fresh install! It got
the better of me. Thanks for your advice, although i have no resolution for
the original problem. At least i can switch between password protection
sharing modes now.

Glad to hear it's working.


"Dan Ryan" wrote in message ...
:
: Hi. No i have a 1.5Mb connection. Sorry i was vague in my initial post. I
: did try with a reg Admin account, as well as the true admin. Anyway the
: problem has been rectified as i completed a complete fresh install! It got
: the better of me. Thanks for your advice, although i have no resolution for
: the original problem. At least i can switch between password protection
: sharing modes now.

Hi Dan:
Same problem here using Windows Vista32bit Ultimate OEM.
"Cannot Disable Password Protected Sharing" in "Network and Sharing Center"
Logged on as Administrator user (also tried full administrator).
I can toggle "On" to "Off" icons ( to "Turn Off Password Protected sharing")
but when I click on "Apply" it swaps back to On.
I also have Windows Vista Home Premium notebook and that can toggle this
setting OK.
Computer only 2 weeks old.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Cheers Sharpy

PS The urgency is off now, because my original fault was...
I could not access the Windows Vista Home Premium notebook via the network.
Problem solved by changing a setting in Windows Vista Home Premium - Nortons
Firewall
Firewall Setting - Accept my other computer's IP address.
Came up with error code 0x80070005


"Dan Ryan" Dan wrote in message
...
I am trying to establish a home network, with a shared "Public" folder for
media. After my freh install of Vista Ultimate i was able to
enable/disable
"Cannot Disable Password Protected Sharing" in "Control Panel\Network and
Sharing Center" but now, i cannot. I do not remember changing anything
that
would have indicated this change.
I have UAC disabled, have an administrator account enabled (without
password) and have my network set to private. I relasie there was a post
on
this topic at an earlier date, although i thought i would refresh the
dilemma.

Thank you for any assistance you may offer

Thank you for the post. This troubleshooting may help,

Can't enable/disable Vista Password Protected Sharing

http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...hp?p=2885#2885

--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com


"Sharpy" wrote in message
...
Hi Dan:
Same problem here using Windows Vista32bit Ultimate OEM.
"Cannot Disable Password Protected Sharing" in "Network and Sharing
Center"
Logged on as Administrator user (also tried full administrator).
I can toggle "On" to "Off" icons ( to "Turn Off Password Protected
sharing") but when I click on "Apply" it swaps back to On.
I also have Windows Vista Home Premium notebook and that can toggle this
setting OK.
Computer only 2 weeks old.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Cheers Sharpy

PS The urgency is off now, because my original fault was...
I could not access the Windows Vista Home Premium notebook via the
network.
Problem solved by changing a setting in Windows Vista Home Premium -
Nortons Firewall
Firewall Setting - Accept my other computer's IP address.
Came up with error code 0x80070005


"Dan Ryan" Dan wrote in message
...
I am trying to establish a home network, with a shared "Public" folder for
media. After my freh install of Vista Ultimate i was able to
enable/disable
"Cannot Disable Password Protected Sharing" in "Control Panel\Network and
Sharing Center" but now, i cannot. I do not remember changing anything
that
would have indicated this change.
I have UAC disabled, have an administrator account enabled (without
password) and have my network set to private. I relasie there was a post
on
this topic at an earlier date, although i thought i would refresh the
dilemma.

Thank you for any assistance you may offer

I have the same problem too. I have to use simple file sharing to connect to
an external device. The device can "see" my Vista share, but access is
denied. I know that all I need to do is disable this one setting, but the
setting will not change. I have tried the ChicagoTech advice to no avail.

I can't think of anything worse from a UI standpoint than having a simple
config change get rejected without any kind of error message whatsoever. They
go to all this effort to make a cute, pretty UI with shiny LED's, then when
you click on a setting and "Apply" it does absolutely jack. Why? Hell if I
know! If I wanted to play Myst, I would go out and buy it.

"Robert L (MS-MVP)" wrote:

Thank you for the post. This troubleshooting may help,

Can't enable/disable Vista Password Protected Sharing

http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...hp?p=2885#2885

--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com


"Sharpy" wrote in message
...
Hi Dan:
Same problem here using Windows Vista32bit Ultimate OEM.
"Cannot Disable Password Protected Sharing" in "Network and Sharing
Center"
Logged on as Administrator user (also tried full administrator).
I can toggle "On" to "Off" icons ( to "Turn Off Password Protected
sharing") but when I click on "Apply" it swaps back to On.
I also have Windows Vista Home Premium notebook and that can toggle this
setting OK.
Computer only 2 weeks old.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Cheers Sharpy

PS The urgency is off now, because my original fault was...
I could not access the Windows Vista Home Premium notebook via the
network.
Problem solved by changing a setting in Windows Vista Home Premium -
Nortons Firewall
Firewall Setting - Accept my other computer's IP address.
Came up with error code 0x80070005


"Dan Ryan" Dan wrote in message
...
I am trying to establish a home network, with a shared "Public" folder for
media. After my freh install of Vista Ultimate i was able to
enable/disable
"Cannot Disable Password Protected Sharing" in "Control Panel\Network and
Sharing Center" but now, i cannot. I do not remember changing anything
that
would have indicated this change.
I have UAC disabled, have an administrator account enabled (without
password) and have my network set to private. I relasie there was a post
on
this topic at an earlier date, although i thought i would refresh the
dilemma.

Thank you for any assistance you may offer