Reboot disables file sharing if password protection is on

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leontet

Hi!

I just bought a new Lenovo 3000N200 laptop which came with Vista Home
Premium preinstalled. I connected it wirelessly to my home network. The other
PCs in this network are wired to the same ASUS wireless router and run WinXP.
All the machines are in the same workgroup. The network profile of my Vista
laptop is "Private".

Everything works fine until I enable password protected sharing (file
sharing ON, public folder sharing ON, password protected sharing ON) and
reboot the machine. I mention the system is working as expected until reboot.

After each reboot, I find both the file sharing and public folder sharing
set to OFF. Of course, the shared folders are not accessible via network. I
can set the two options back to ON and everything works fine again, but this
is unacceptably annoying!

If password protected sharing is set to OFF, file and folder sharing keep
their ON state even after reboot. But I want the protected sharing - it fits
my needs like a glove!

Does anyone have any idea what is going on with my Vista machine??? I love
the new network features in Vista, but this little malfunction is driving me
crazy! Any input would be greatly appreciated -- thanks in advance!
 
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Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)

The Vista Home edition doesn't remember the credentials. Create a logon
batch to map the drive. Or this post may help.
Vista doesn't remember mapped drives
Mar 27, 2008 ... I have a users using Windows Vista Home Premium. ...
Which version of Vista are you using? Home versions can't cache credentials.
....
www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?t=1570


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Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
 
L

leontet

Thank you for the quick reply, Robert!

Unfortunatelly, it seems my bad english has driven you in the wrong
direction. I have no troubles working with mapped volumes, and I have no
volume on my Vista machine mapped on another PC on my home network.

I was talking about two of the settings in "Network and Sharing Center":
files sharing and pub folder sharing. They turn by themselves from ON to OFF
every time I boot the PC, but only if a third setting, password protected
sharing, is set to ON. The mentioned settings are not stuck or blocked, as I
can turn them to ON and everything works just fine till the next boot up. As
you imagine, the situation is more than annoying...

Any idea on this one? Thank you very much!
 
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Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)

Sharing and public on/off may cause be network location. Could you please
post back if the network location is public when the share and public off
and the network location is private when the sharing is on? Or it could be
the 3rd party software. This post may help too.

File and Printer sharing turned off on reboot
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?p=6432#6432

--
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
 
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leontet

Hi again, Robert!
The network is "private" all the time. This is a state that doesn't change.
Still, file sharing state is not remembered by the system. I'm starting to
think, as you say, that it is something related to a third party piece of
software that came preinstalled on my system (Lenovo Access Connections) that
automatically changes networking settings based on some user defined
locations. Anyway, even disabling this software the malfunction continues to
occur.
I forgot to mention I also installed SP1 for Vista a couple of days ago -
don't know if this might be a factor in what's going on.
Thanks again for your effort and patience!
 
L

leontet

Hi, John!
Thanks for your input, it's most appreciated!
My Vista laptop is configured NOT to use DHCP, it has a fixed IP address.
DHCP server is NOT enabled on my router, as all my PCs are configured this
way. All the machines in my network join one and the same workgroup, NOT a
domain. I haven't touched the security policies on my Vista laptop, as I
don't even know how to get there in Vista.
I'll make available whatever info might be necessary to solve this problem -
unfortunately I don't have enough knowledge what to supply unless asked...
Thank you very much for your help!
 
R

Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)

L

leontet

Hi again, Robert!
You were right in the assumption that a third party software (Lenovo Access
Connections in my case) is the cause of this. I did a system recovery and
removed this software before configuring my network settings. Now everything
is working fine. Once again it has been proven Microsoft rules and others
can't cope with it!
Zillion of thanks for your help, congratulations for your patience and a
large bow to your knowledge!
 
L

leontet

Hi again, John!
You are right about the solution. The culprit in my problem was indeed
Lenovo (ex-IBM) Access Connections software. It should indeed work as you
explain, but it simply doesn't. Or it does, but aparently not the way Vista
expects such software to do it. I did a system recovery, uninstalled the
mentioned program and configured my network settings only afterwards. Now I'm
glad to tell you everything works just fine!
Thank you for your extraordinary help - you have all my admiration for your
kindness, thoroughfulness, intuition and (at last but not at least) knowledge!
 

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