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    Network and Sharing Connections window stopped working

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by BlackYoshi, Oct 29, 2007.

  1. BlackYoshi

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    For some reason, I can no longer access the Network and Sharing Center on my Vista Home premium (stock Asus G1S-A1). I am still connected to the internet and everything, but in the notification area it says connection status unknown; server execution failed, and when i try to open it through the control panel, it just hangs there in a window and doesn't do anything. Eventually it shows up but I can't do anything with it, and it still says server execution failed. I really don't want to have to reinstall Vista because I don't have an external harddrive with which to back everything up. I'm guessing its some sort of driver issue with the local area connections in the laptop but its only a guess.

    Its not an urgent problem as long as I can connect to the internet with an ethernet cable, but I can't set up any new networks like this...which is a problem.
     
    BlackYoshi, Oct 29, 2007
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  2. BlackYoshi

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    Help? Just a friendly bump.
     
    BlackYoshi, Oct 29, 2007
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    Check if right clicking on the icon and clicking "Diagnosis and repair" will solve anything. Have you tried restarting your PC?
     
    Gintoki, Oct 29, 2007
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    Already restarted multiple times. Diagnosing and repairing also says nothing is wrong with it. On a similar note, since this happened, all of my Steam games will not run for some reason; hl2.exe just simply crashes. Its also treating it as a public network for some reason.
     
    BlackYoshi, Oct 30, 2007
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    try stopping and restarting the service

    start -> all programs -> adminstrative tools -> services
     
    Harper2.0, Oct 30, 2007
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    Tried that, didn't do anything. I think I may have found the problem though; the Network List Service won't start. It gives me this error message: Error 1450 Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service at this time. Any ideas?
     
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    try system restore to a valid checkpoint
     
    Alexkass, Oct 30, 2007
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    Fixed; common Vista glitch I guess. Had to do this in CMD Prompt

    net localgroup "Administrators" "NT Authority\Local Service" /add
     
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    Good to hear you fixed it though that sounds cumbersome.
     
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    bump bump for a somewhat older thread.

    I'm also experiencing this problem on my Asus G1s. I thought it might have been SP1RC so I uninstalled it, but the issue remains. Can't access any advanced network settings. :mad:

    *EDIT* NVM. I ran the command net localgroup "Administrators" "Local Service" /add in safe mode and suddenly, network utilities are working right again.
     
    ZT3000!, Jan 4, 2008
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