Right...This is driving me absolutely insane, I CANNOT for the life of me, enable File Sharing in Vista anymore. I bring down the little menu thing, select Enable and click Apply, then.....thats it. doesn't do ANYTHING.Its annoying me, because i do share quite a few files across my network and I can't access it whatsoever.Any idea's what it could be??I've got SP1 on Vista Home Premium.I've tried enabling it on many many occasions, restarting, it is the same when connected via Wireless or LAN.Hellllllllp!!!!

Hi Did you change anything before this has happened? Is file and printer sharing enabled within Network and Sharing Center?

Hi,No, nothing has changed, not that I can think of...any idea's what I may have changed? The only thing I do in networking, is change the IP address to static sometimes, for work purposes, but....that is it.I've just opened up Network & Sharing Center....What I have is:Network Discovery - OnFile Sharing - Off (If i try and enable, it doesnt allow)Password Protected Sharing - OnThats all I have on.If i disable Network Discovery and go to view computers & devices, it drops down the yellow box saying "Network discovery and file sharing are turned off. Network computers and devices are not visible, Click to Change..."So... i click it, click to turn Netowrk discovery AND file sharing on and all it does is enable network discovery, it cannot start file sharing at all.Once Network Discovery is activated, the only thing that is under "Network" is "Microsoft Publication Service Device Host" I havent seen this before, until I started getting this problem...Does that help at all Youngun?

@ch33ky: If you ever do find the solution, for goodness sakes please post it! I suffer the same.

Got the little bugger:Path:Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Windows Firewall with Advanced Security > (Left Column) Inbound rules > (Right Column) New Rule > Click on 'Predefined'> Select 'Network Discovery' > Next..... Network discovery is now on! Do the same for file and printer sharing.(8 layers deep....my god!!!!!)

Hey Hylite,Thanks for that, but....it asks me what rules i want to create after selecting the network discovery from the drop down list.They apparently "Already Exist"....help!!Thanks,Ch33ky

Yeah, it should say that because your earlier post said: 'Network discovery-on'.Back in the 'Predefined' drop-down, go up to 'File and Printer Sharing' and check all of those since that is what you can't turn on. My 'Password protected sharing' is off. I don't know if it will make a difference for you. Good luck.

nope...stupid vista sp1!! it doesnt do anything its so frustrating!! Ch33ky