I am working in an organiztion, i usually get probems related to comp not browsing. when i go to check in open network and sharing...under view your active networks it shows me public network and its greyed out. I am not able to change it to work network. i will only b able to browse internet if its on work network. is there any way in which u can help me sort out my issue....how do i remove the greyed public network?? K.R

Hi, Based on my research, please try the following: 1. Please make sure that the following services are enabled and running. - DNS Client - Function Discovery Resource Publication - SSDP Discovery - UPnP Device Host 2. Run this Microsoft Fixit and see how it works. Windows 7 Network connections are stuck in Public mode http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2578723 More information: Network Location Awareness Hope this helps. Jeremy Wu TechNet Community Support

Hi Jeremy, the services you mentioned are running. i can not run Microsoft Fixit as i cant even get connected to internet. Any other suggestions plzzzz :)K.R

Hi, Thanks for the reply. However, you can download this Microsoft Fixit and copy it to your computer. Microsoft Fix it 50725 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9779407 In addition, you can following the steps in the Let me fix it myself section of this article. Hope this helps. Jeremy Wu TechNet Community Support

Hi, Thanks for the reply. However, you can download this Microsoft Fixit and copy it to your computer. Microsoft Fix it 50725 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9779407 In addition, you can following the steps in the Let me fix it myself section of this article. Hope this helps. Jeremy Wu TechNet Community Support