Can't Install Peer-to-Peer Networking Component On XP Home Edition

[Travis]

I've seen the solution to this before but can't seem to track it down now.
When trying to install the Peer-to-Peer component under Networking Services
in Add/Remove Windows Components I get the following error message:

"An error occurred which prevented the Peer-to-Peer component from being
installed or removed. The error was 'An extended error has occurred'."

All the other components (Internet Gateway Device Discovery, RIP Listener,
Simple TCP/IP Services, etc) will install just fine, but I can't get this
one (which I really need) to do so.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled all the network hardware drivers, Client
for Microsoft Networks, File & Printer Sharing QoS Packet Scheduler and the
TCP/IP stack but to no avail.

The unit is virus & spyware free and all Windows Updates have been installed
and
everything else seems to work just fine with the OS, just this one little
glitch.

I'm sure it's something minor but I just can't discover where the bug is.

TIA

 

[Lem]

I've seen the solution to this before but can't seem to track it down now.
When trying to install the Peer-to-Peer component under Networking Services
in Add/Remove Windows Components I get the following error message:

"An error occurred which prevented the Peer-to-Peer component from being
installed or removed. The error was 'An extended error has occurred'."

All the other components (Internet Gateway Device Discovery, RIP Listener,
Simple TCP/IP Services, etc) will install just fine, but I can't get this
one (which I really need) to do so.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled all the network hardware drivers, Client
for Microsoft Networks, File & Printer Sharing QoS Packet Scheduler and the
TCP/IP stack but to no avail.

The unit is virus & spyware free and all Windows Updates have been installed
and
everything else seems to work just fine with the OS, just this one little
glitch.

I'm sure it's something minor but I just can't discover where the bug is.

TIA

Most home users don't need any of the Advanced Networking Components
installed, including the Peer-to-Peer Networking Component.

Windows XP Peer-to-Peer Networking Component
The Windows Peer-to-Peer Networking Component is a developer platform to create P2P programs for Windows XP-based computers. Program developers can use powerful personal computers connected to the Internet to create exciting distributed programs or to enhance existing programs to work together in new and useful ways.

The Windows Peer-to-Peer Networking Component enables IPv6 and the IPv6 ICF (if they are not already enabled on the computer) and opens ports 3587 (TCP) and 3540 (UDP) of the IPv6 ICF.

If you really need this, you'll probably be more likely to find
information at one of the MSDN forums:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/peertopeer/threads
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whatforum/threads

 

[Travis]

Anders Tornkvist ([email protected]) came up with the perfect
solution which I think Microsoft should, at the very least, post all over
this forum:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...f4af&tid=c7f7f43d-ac76-4971-96b5-2c5c9c14ec57

It was a very simple command that simply updated some obscure security
database in Windows and it worked like a charm the first time. Here is
Anders' post:

Hi, I had the same problem. I'm running Win XP (Pro) SP2. I fixed it
by enter the following command in the command prompt:
esentutl /p %windir%\security\Database\secedit.sdb
After that, installation of TCP/IP Version 6 worked fine.

Major kudos to this genius who came up with it, although the MS guys must be
well aware of it also.

Why it hasn't been put into the the Knowledge Base is a mystery to me...

:

Travis wrote:
I've seen the solution to this before but can't seem to track it down now.
When trying to install the Peer-to-Peer component under Networking Services
in Add/Remove Windows Components I get the following error message:

"An error occurred which prevented the Peer-to-Peer component from being
installed or removed. The error was 'An extended error has occurred'."

All the other components (Internet Gateway Device Discovery, RIP Listener,
Simple TCP/IP Services, etc) will install just fine, but I can't get this
one (which I really need) to do so.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled all the network hardware drivers, Client
for Microsoft Networks, File & Printer Sharing QoS Packet Scheduler and the
TCP/IP stack but to no avail.

The unit is virus & spyware free and all Windows Updates have been installed
and
everything else seems to work just fine with the OS, just this one little
glitch.

I'm sure it's something minor but I just can't discover where the bug is.

TIA

Most home users don't need any of the Advanced Networking Components
installed, including the Peer-to-Peer Networking Component.

Windows XP Peer-to-Peer Networking Component
The Windows Peer-to-Peer Networking Component is a developer platform to
create P2P programs for Windows XP-based computers. Program developers can
use powerful personal computers connected to the Internet to create exciting
distributed programs or to enhance existing programs to work together in new
and useful ways.

The Windows Peer-to-Peer Networking Component enables IPv6 and the IPv6 ICF
(if they are not already enabled on the computer) and opens ports 3587 (TCP)
and 3540 (UDP) of the IPv6 ICF.

If you really need this, you'll probably be more likely to find
information at one of the MSDN forums:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/peertopeer/threads
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whatforum/threads