Sharing no longer available with drives/folders

Warpy · 26 Feb 2007 at 04:27

Ok, the last time I posted in this forum I got a answer that was spot on and fixed my 3 week issue straight away! So I'm hoping this one can be rectified too! I have just optimized my Windows XP SP2 services using a guide from tweakdown. It has greatly sped up my boot up, but the problem is this:

I no longer have the option to share folders across my network or even drives. The option to select this when I rick click on the folder/drive isn't available. I think a service I disabled may have caused me this hiccup! Anyone know what service this would be?

Dogoid · 26 Feb 2007 at 04:50

try right clicking file/folder and see if sharing is visible via properties.

Warpy · 26 Feb 2007 at 04:55

Dogoid said:
try right clicking file/folder and see if sharing is visible via properties.

Yup done that, also set "simple sharing" in folder options and that doesn't work. The problem is a service I believe.

Dogoid · 26 Feb 2007 at 05:03

try it in 'safe mode with networking'

im unaware what service could be governing this , but if safe mode works for you then at least you know that its down to some user setting .

Dogoid · 26 Feb 2007 at 05:06

check to see if file and printer sharing is enabled in your network via control panel.

Warpy · 26 Feb 2007 at 05:19

Dogoid said:
check to see if file and printer sharing is enabled in your network via control panel.

Yup it's there... I'm gonna google some more.

dirtydog · 26 Feb 2007 at 07:27

Warpy said:
I think a service I disabled may have caused me this hiccup! Anyone know what service this would be?

Well which services did you disable?

bledd · 26 Feb 2007 at 08:48

give us a screenshot of your services list

probably something like Server service

Warpy · 26 Feb 2007 at 11:46

bledd. said:
give us a screenshot of your services list

probably something like Server service

dirtydog · 26 Feb 2007 at 11:48

You've been pretty aggressive with disabling services there

I'm not surprised you have experienced problems as a result.

Warpy · 26 Feb 2007 at 12:30

dirtydog said:
You've been pretty aggressive with disabling services there I'm not surprised you have experienced problems as a result.

I used this as my guide: here

L33 · 26 Feb 2007 at 12:50

Warpy said:

You've disabled the server service. Sharing depends on it, re-enable and it should be available again.

bledd · 26 Feb 2007 at 15:07

bledd. said:
give us a screenshot of your services list

probably something like Server service

L33 said:
You've disabled the server service. Sharing depends on it, re-enable and it should be available again.

yup

Warpy · 26 Feb 2007 at 22:23

L33 said:
You've disabled the server service. Sharing depends on it, re-enable and it should be available again.

That worked, thanks very much. I might add, that this forum has been the most helpful I've ever come across... good work.