Network and Sharing Freezes

[David]

Looking for some help/ideas/confirmation

System is a brand new Dell with 1gig, Vista Home Basic. Wired to a DSL router.

When I go to control panel > network and sharing center, the screen takes 3
minutes to load, then nothing works - not the drop down menus, none of the
tasks listed on the left (which may or may not be hyperlinks to actions - but
I can't tell). Even the x-out and minimize buttons freeze up. Is this a
known issue? Any fixes? The computer is not networked. Was going here to
change an IP address per the DSL setup/firmware update guy. Even rebooted
the PC. Same thing again.

Thanks

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

It could be a firewall or security software issue. This post may help.
Please post back with the result.

Can't turn off Vista Discovery and Sharing
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?t=2552

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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

 

[David]

Robert,

Disabling my antivirus (spysweeper with antivirus) did not help. Any other
ideas? The article link you posted did not seem relevant. What portion were
you referring to?

David