| Subject: Can't change "password protected" settings in Vista Ultimate..... |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 9/6/2008 5:41:35 PM |
| From: "Jan :\)" [Email Address Protection] |
.........even though I am in the Administrator account. I recently moved across country and had to set up my machines, router, switch and went from DSL to cable internet connection. I have tried everything I can think of the turn the password protection off in the Network settings, but, it will not apply. I have not ever had this problem before. As I am the only person who uses my machines, I never use the password protection feature. But, the Public folders and Printer settings show password protected, requiring a password to access the shared folders or use the shared printers. I have tried everything I can think of, troubleshooting as many settings and permissions and such, but, nothing seems to allow me to turn the password protection off in the network settings. I have the same problem in both Vista Ultimate x86 and X64 on 2 separate machines that are on the same network. I have used the Vista X86 and X64 on these two machines since Vista was released, and have never had this kind of problem. I would truly appreciate any suggestions of where I might look for other settings that may be blocking my ability to change this setting. I have checked all the Share settings, they are the same as all the ones I had set before the move, and I see no reason why the settings have now changed and will not allow me to change them. Nothing has changed with the User accounts on either machine. Jan :) |
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| Subject: Re: Can't change "password protected" settings in Vista Ultimate..... |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 9/7/2008 4:38:39 AM |
| From: Malke [Email Address Protection] |
Jan :) wrote: > ........even though I am in the Administrator account. I recently moved > across country and had to set up my machines, router, switch and went from > DSL to cable internet connection. I have tried everything I can think of > the turn the password protection off in the Network settings, but, it will > not apply. I have not ever had this problem before. As I am the only > person who uses my machines, I never use the password protection feature. > But, the Public folders and Printer settings show password protected, > requiring a password to access the shared folders or use the shared > printers. I have tried everything I can think of, troubleshooting as many > settings and permissions and such, but, nothing seems to allow me to turn > the password protection off in the network settings. > > I have the same problem in both Vista Ultimate x86 and X64 on 2 separate > machines that are on the same network. I have used the Vista X86 and X64 > on these two machines since Vista was released, and have never had this > kind of > problem. I would truly appreciate any suggestions of where I might look > for > other settings that may be blocking my ability to change this setting. I > have checked all the Share settings, they are the same as all the ones I > had set before the move, and I see no reason why the settings have now > changed > and will not allow me to change them. Nothing has changed with the User > accounts on either machine. It sounds like you've got the network identified as a Public one in the Network & Sharing Center instead of correctly as Private. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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| Subject: Re: Can't change "password protected" settings in Vista Ultimate..... |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 9/7/2008 2:19:38 PM |
| From: "Jan Ilacqua" [Email Address Protection] |
Hi Malke! :-) No....the network on all the machines is a private network and works fine. I have had this network setup for the past 4 years, it is only since I moved and had to reset everything with the router for the Cox Cable setup that this has happened. I am not sure if there is something in the Router or the Cox end that is causing the password protection to be enforced, or the Vista end. I have spent many hours trying to troubleshoot this and can't seem to find anything that points to a specific cause. I have been in contact with Cox Cable and have all the settings according to their requirements, and engaged with them in remote desktop and they have found nothing in their settings that should be affecting the password protection. Any other suggestions as to what/where to check? That I can't change it even in the Administrator Account is curious. Jan :) "Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:Oho5G5NEJHA.5004@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > It sounds like you've got the network identified as a Public one in the > Network & Sharing Center instead of correctly as Private. > > Malke > -- > MS-MVP > Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! > FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ > |
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| Subject: Re: Can't change "password protected" settings in Vista Ultimate..... |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 9/7/2008 5:46:30 PM |
| From: "Jan Ilacqua" [Email Address Protection] |
Hi Malke, Ok....I have been able to locate and rectify the problem for two of the machines. It was in the firewall, as somehow it got changed during the re-setup of the machines and/or perhaps the router. Not sure how the firewall settings got changed to Off, but, turning the firewall on and resetting the settings and then rebooting for the two machines seemed to resolve the problem and allowed me to reset the password protection to Off. However, I am not able to do the same with the one machine. I have tried numerous times, will all the other machines off, and still no luck. However, this machine has the MS OneCare and Live Mesh installed on it, and although I ran these programs for more than a year on this machine with no problems, I am wondering if perhaps one of them might be causing a problem with the new Cable modem. Any suggestions where I might look from here, other than the obvious? Jan :) "Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:Oho5G5NEJHA.5004@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Jan :) wrote: > >> ........even though I am in the Administrator account. I recently moved >> across country and had to set up my machines, router, switch and went >> from >> DSL to cable internet connection. I have tried everything I can think of >> the turn the password protection off in the Network settings, but, it >> will >> not apply. I have not ever had this problem before. As I am the only >> person who uses my machines, I never use the password protection feature. >> But, the Public folders and Printer settings show password protected, >> requiring a password to access the shared folders or use the shared >> printers. I have tried everything I can think of, troubleshooting as >> many >> settings and permissions and such, but, nothing seems to allow me to turn >> the password protection off in the network settings. >> >> I have the same problem in both Vista Ultimate x86 and X64 on 2 separate >> machines that are on the same network. I have used the Vista X86 and X64 >> on these two machines since Vista was released, and have never had this >> kind of >> problem. I would truly appreciate any suggestions of where I might look >> for >> other settings that may be blocking my ability to change this setting. I >> have checked all the Share settings, they are the same as all the ones I >> had set before the move, and I see no reason why the settings have now >> changed >> and will not allow me to change them. Nothing has changed with the User >> accounts on either machine. > > It sounds like you've got the network identified as a Public one in the > Network & Sharing Center instead of correctly as Private. > > Malke > -- > MS-MVP > Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! > FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ > |
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| Subject: Re: Can't change "password protected" settings in Vista Ultimate..... |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 9/8/2008 4:58:47 AM |
| From: Malke [Email Address Protection] |
Jan Ilacqua wrote: > Hi Malke, > > Ok....I have been able to locate and rectify the problem for two of the > machines. It was in the firewall, as somehow it got changed during the > re-setup of the machines and/or perhaps the router. Not sure how the > firewall settings got changed to Off, but, turning the firewall on and > resetting the settings and then rebooting for the two machines seemed to > resolve the problem and allowed me to reset the password protection to > Off. > However, I am not able to do the same with the one machine. I have tried > numerous times, will all the other machines off, and still no luck. > > However, this machine has the MS OneCare and Live Mesh installed on it, > and although I ran these programs for more than a year on this machine > with no problems, I am wondering if perhaps one of them might be causing a > problem > with the new Cable modem. Any suggestions where I might look from here, > other than the obvious? Can't speak about Live Mesh, but I'd uninstall OneCare and use something better such as NOD32, Kaspersky, or Avast. If you still want to keep OneCare, it disables Local Area Network file/printer sharing by default. To properly configure Windows Live OneCare for the local area network, please see the following MS KB Article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923157 Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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| Subject: Re: Can't change "password protected" settings in Vista Ultimate..... |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 9/8/2008 11:18:26 AM |
| From: "Jan :\)" [Email Address Protection] |
"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:#YmuBpaEJHA.3288@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Jan Ilacqua wrote: > >> Hi Malke, >> >> Ok....I have been able to locate and rectify the problem for two of the >> machines. It was in the firewall, as somehow it got changed during the >> re-setup of the machines and/or perhaps the router. Not sure how the >> firewall settings got changed to Off, but, turning the firewall on and >> resetting the settings and then rebooting for the two machines seemed to >> resolve the problem and allowed me to reset the password protection to >> Off. >> However, I am not able to do the same with the one machine. I have tried >> numerous times, will all the other machines off, and still no luck. >> >> However, this machine has the MS OneCare and Live Mesh installed on it, >> and although I ran these programs for more than a year on this machine >> with no problems, I am wondering if perhaps one of them might be causing >> a >> problem >> with the new Cable modem. Any suggestions where I might look from here, >> other than the obvious? > > Can't speak about Live Mesh, but I'd uninstall OneCare and use something > better such as NOD32, Kaspersky, or Avast. If you still want to keep > OneCare, it disables Local Area Network file/printer sharing by default. I have been participating in the OC perpetual beta for over 6 months and did not have this issue before. Not sure if the OC is the problem. I just relocated to the west coast, and now have Cable as opposed to DSL where I lived before. I thought perhaps this might have made some sort of change in how my router and switch would work, but, since the other machines are working ok now, not sure this might be a factor with the remaining issue on the last machine. > > To properly configure Windows Live OneCare for the local area network, > please see the following MS KB Article: > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923157 Went through this all all settings set as directed, and the problem is still unchanged. The only difference in the machines is the OC and MESH, the others don't have it. But, as this problem did not exist before with these 2 programs installed, not sure if that is a factor at this point. Thank you! Jan :) > > Malke > -- > MS-MVP > Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! > FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ > |
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