I am running Vista Home Premium sp2 on a Dell XPS430 64 bit. I can't turn on file sharing, printer sharing, or Network discovery. When I try, I get the error "The specified service does not exist as an installed service". The processes Server and Workstation are running. Any ideas? John. M. Cheek

go to services(control panel>administrative tools>services)change the "Security Account Manager" service start up type to "Automatic." and make sure the service is started.Tunde Abagun MCP,MCSA,MCTS,MCITP en p "for the love of Computers"

This service is already started and is on Automatic.John. M. Cheek

Hi, From the Services.msc, please make sure the following services are turned on: SSDP Discovery TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Computer Browser Server Regards,Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

They were all running except Computer Browser. When I tried to start it, I got an error: Windows could not start the Computer Browser service on local computer. Error 1060: The specified service does not exist as an installed service. After poking around a bit, I discovered that I couldn't find Netsvcs on the C: drive. Do I need the Dell system disc or is there somewhere I could download a Vista version?John. M. Cheek

Hi, It probably due to corrupt registry.We need to replace the registry. If you can find another working Windows Vista with the same version and service pack, export the following registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services You can find specific serverices that does not work and export the registry. Backup the registry on the problematic Vista by exporting the current registry. Double click the correct regitry exported before to import and replace the problematic registry. If it does not work, best way is the run SFC or repair system. Regards, Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

They were all running except Computer Browser. When I tried to start it, I got an error: Windows could not start the Computer Browser service on local computer. Error 1060: The specified service does not exist as an installed service. After poking around a bit, I discovered that I couldn't find Netsvcs on the C: drive. Do I need the Dell system disc or is there somewhere I could download a Vista version? John. M. Cheek if you'r missing core files in your C: drive run "sfc /scannow" from command promptTunde Abagun MCP,MCSA,MCTS,MCITP en p "for the love of Computers"

I don't usually post on these forums but this was so annoying for me I wanted to try my best to help anyone solve this problem. Here's what worked for me: Server was started as a service. 1. Click the start orb 2. Type msconfig and open it 3. Select the Services tab 4. Look for Server and make sure its ticked 5. Restart and hopefully this solves your issue... Good luck!

Thanks for the advice, but the Server service is set to Automatic and is running. I stopped and started it, but no change.John. M. Cheek

I never did figure out what was going on with the file sharing in Vista, but I recently upgraded to Windows 7 and file sharing is now okay. For this and other reasons, I've decided that Vista is just an upgraded version of Windows ME.John. M. Cheek