Network & Sharing Center not working

[Not Me]

I have a laptop with Vista Home Premium & built in wired and wireless
networking.
The wireless is detected and seems to work fine, but when I go to Control
Panel>Network & Sharing, the screen opens, but none of the links are ever
clickable. and the screen will not respond to the minimize (-) or close (X)
buttons.
I am logged in to an account with admin rights, and never get a prompt
asking for elevation when the network & sharing screen opens.
Any idea how to restore the functionality?

 

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

It could a 3rd party software issue. For troubleshooting it, start the Vista
with clean boot. Or this post may help.

Vista network and sharing center ...Vista network and sharing center
doesn't save changes ... My network and sharing center isnt saving changes,
every time I change the ...
www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?t=2652&view=next&sid=b37b2b9fb2db5cbe736cbd3392602486


--
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

 

[Not Me]

Thanks!
That is the exact message I am getting!
I will try the solution in the post and report back.

 

[Not Me]

That made it work, thank you very much.
It detected the wireless network, but wouldn't let me setup a network
printer or shares properly.
Sometimes the rearranging with Vista really gets to me, much of it doesn't
make sense, but if it confuses hackers it 'must' be good! LOL

 

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

Thank you for the update. What do you mean "wouldn't let me setup a network
printer or shares properly". More details please.


--
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

 

[Not Me]

Before the fix, the network and sharing center wouldn't allow me to do
anything. None of the links on the page worked.
If I tried to turn on network discovery or install a printer, map a network
drive, nothing worked.

 

[Gordon]

I am not able to understand this forum. Why the same question is
repeated several times in the forum without any suggestion. Can somebody
intimate me how to use this forum.

This is NOT a "forum" - this is a global Usenet Newsgroup which you are
accessing, for some reason, via a strange Usenet gateway.
You will do FAR better if you ditch whatever website you are using, and
subscribe to these newsgroups directly, using a news reader.

Setting up Outlook Express/Windows Mail to access Microsoft newsgroups
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

Accessing the MS newsgroups in Outlook Express/Windows Mail Newsreader
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx


Also see here:

http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm
http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html

HTH