When I try to establish file sharing I get the following message: “An error
occurred while trying to share FOLDERNAME. The
server service is not started. The shared resource was not created at this
time.”

I tried the fix suggested elsewhere in this forum to: To start the Server
service:
>>
>> 1. Open a command prompt window: Start > All Programs > Accessories >
>> Command Prompt.
>>
>> 2. Type this line at the prompt, then press Enter:
>>
>> net start server

This didn't work. I got the following message: The server service could
not be started. A system error has occurred. System error 2 has occurred.
The system cannot find the file
specified.

Can anyone help?

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> When I try to establish file sharing I get the following message:
> “An error occurred while trying to share FOLDERNAME. The
> server service is not started. The shared resource was not
> created at this time.”
>
> I tried the fix suggested elsewhere in this forum to: To start the
> Server service:
>>>
>>> 1. Open a command prompt window: Start > All Programs >
>>> Accessories > Command Prompt.
>>>
>>> 2. Type this line at the prompt, then press Enter:
>>>
>>> net start server
>
> This didn't work. I got the following message: The server
> service could not be started. A system error has occurred. System
> error 2 has occurred. The system cannot find the file
> specified.
>
> Can anyone help?
>

Try this...

"You receive a "The server service is not started" error message when
you try to add a user to a group in Windows XP"

<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885859>

You've essentially already tried Method 1 -- try Method 2 and 3.

HTH,
John