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

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