UPDATE:
5. System restore, among very first actions to take, unsuccessful.
4. In-place Windows repair, tried and no success.
3. Read “Logged in as Administrator.” as: “Logged in with the Administrator in-built account.”
2. Also please read the post titled “Original post”, since it kind of starts shining light on the cause of the whole issue.
1. Please read post titled “Quick answer” on this same thread too.
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Hi Tech’s,
Hopefully someone has the answer to this one! Cause at the moment not even M$ has heard about this.
Platform: Windows XP PRO SP2
Logged in as Administrator.
Simple File Sharing: Disabled
Problem: Cannot share any folders.
Error I get: ?An error occurred while trying to share
Things I have done so far without any success:
1. Stopped the ?Server? service and restarted again.
2. Uninstalled the ?Client for Microsoft Networks? client and the ?File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks? service. Reboot. Installed both again. Reboot.
3. Looked for any event in the ?Application?, ?Security?, ?System?, etc. events. Found nothing recent at all.
4. Made a new folder on a different hard disk and tried to share it. But I get the same error.
5. Checked all ?Ownerships? and ?Permissions?. Everything OK, my user account is in full charge of everything.
6. Turned “Guest” account off and on again. No success either.
So far I have searched hours and hours on internet to find any posts about the problem, but there is nothing relevant. However I?ve encountered people talking about the error without finding a solution for it.
Microsoft?s KB does not even have anything related to such an error.
I could find in some forum in some language I don?t understand and it appears they are talking about programs such as Norton Ghost and Acronis TrueImage, I have recently installed both software to do a backup of my laptop but did nothing at all to my own PC with them. Just saved the laptop?s image on my hard disk.
Also I have recently installed and uninstalled after a week or two the latest WDS for WinXP add on, which I found not to be useful at all compared to XP?s native search engine.
So guys, where could we start digging you think? Cause this is turning to be my worst nightmare!
Cheers,
Mario
