Printer sharing in Windows Vista Home Premium

[zinzah]

ran the troubleshooter multiple times,,,says i have a problem but is unable to fix it....ran scannow..but didn't seem to help......i have avast, malware bytes and SASpyware so i am pretty confident i have finally gotten clean!!but one never knows, does one?

[Hoov]

Check in the services and see if Base Filtering Engine is there and started.

[zinzah]

It is there
It is Automatic
It is Started

[Hoov]

This probably will not change anything, but when you created your network connection did you go thru the wizard to setup a new network, or did you just create a network connection so you could get your internet?

[Hoov]

Are both computers on the same workgroup?

[zinzah]

The network has been around for a while...with all the wireless stuff....xboxes wiis, ipod touches, etc.....this is the first i am adding a second computer and need to share the printer.......

[zinzah]

Both computers belong to the workgroup called "WORKGROUP" -  not very original, I know.......

[Hoov]

Can the two computers ping each other?

[zinzah]

from desktop (192.168.1.5) to laptop (192.168.1.2):

C:\Windows\system32>ping 192.168.1.2

Pinging 192.168.1.2 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.2:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 2ms, Maximum = 2ms, Average = 2ms

From Laptop to desktop:

C:\Windows\system32>ping 192.168.1.5

Pinging 192.168.1.5 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.5:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 2ms, Maximum = 4ms, Average = 2ms

[Hoov]

Try booting windows cleanly.

I need you to reboot windows cleanly. To do that please go to the run command and type in msconfig . Once that starts, select selective startup, and then uncheck the load startup items. Now click on the services tab, and down near the bottom of the window, check the box that says Hide all Microsoft Services now go up and uncheck all the services still listed, make sure you scroll down the list if need to unselect all the non Microsoft services. Now click apply, then click OK and reboot the computer.

Test out the file and printer sharing and see if it works.

Once you have figured out, run msconfig and select normal startup then click apply then OK and reboot. Let me know how it went.

[zinzah]

done..
in the Network and sharing Center
turning on File sharing gets : The specified service does not exist as an installed service
turning on Printer sharing gets : The specified service does not exist as an installed service

going thru the printer control panel, Share this printer, when attempting to APPLY "share this printer":
Printer settings could not be saved. Operation could not be completed.(error 0x0000007a)

[Hoov]

Is Function Discovery Resource Publication service running?

[zinzah]

yes...automatic and started

[Hoov]

To keep from asking about individual services, please go to this page and check the running services against the list that is appropriate for your version of Vista. Let me know if there are any problems in getting a service to either run or not run, and if everything is fine, let me know that.

[zinzah]

I did not make any changes....this is what is running as we speak (type?) Differences from BlackViper's list are underlined

Display Name   Service Name (Registry)   DEFAULT Home Premium   Me
Application Experience   AeLookupSvc   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Application Information   Appinfo   Manual (Started)   Manual
Application Layer Gateway Service   ALG   Manual   Manual
Background Intelligent Transfer Service   BITS   Automatic (Delayed Start, Started)   Automatic (Delayed Start, Started)
Base Filtering Engine   BFE   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Certificate Propagation   CertPropSvc   Manual   Manual
CNG Key Isolation   KeyIso   Manual   Manual
COM+ Event System   EventSystem   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
COM+ System Application   COMSysApp   Manual (Started) **   Manual
Computer Browser   Browser   Automatic   Automatic
Cryptographic Services   CryptSvc   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
DCOM Server Process Launcher   DcomLaunch   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Desktop Window Manager Session Manager   UxSms   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
DFS Replication   DFSR   Manual   Manual
DHCP Client   Dhcp   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Diagnostic Policy Service   DPS   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Diagnostic Service Host   WdiServiceHost   Manual   Manual
Diagnostic System Host   WdiSystemHost   Manual (Started)   Manual (Started)
Distributed Link Tracking Client   TrkWks   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Distributed Transaction Coordinator   MSDTC   Manual (Started) **   Manual
DNS Client   Dnscache   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Extensible Authentication Protocol   EapHost   Manual   Manual
Function Discovery Provider Host   fdPHost   Manual   Manual
Function Discovery Resource Publication   FDResPub   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Group Policy Client   gpsvc   Automatic (Started) **   Automatic (Started)
Health Key and Certificate Management   hkmsvc   Manual   Manual
Human Interface Device Access   hidserv   Manual   Manual
IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules   IKEEXT   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Interactive Services Detection   UI0Detect   Manual   Manual
Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)   SharedAccess   Disabled   Automatic
IP Helper   iphlpsvc   Automatic (Started)   NO LISTING
IPsec Policy Agent   PolicyAgent   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator   KtmRM   Automatic (Delayed Start, Started)   Automatic (Delayed Start, Started)
Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper   lltdsvc   Manual   Manual
Microsoft .NET Framework NGEN v2.0.50727   clr_optimization_v2.0.50727   Manual   _X64 & _X86 - Both are disabled
Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service   MSiSCSI   Manual   Manual
Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider   swprv   Manual   Manual
Multimedia Class Scheduler   MMCSS   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service   NetTcpPortSharing   Disabled   Disabled
Netlogon   Netlogon   Manual   Manual
Network Access Protection Agent   napagent   Manual   Manual
Network Connections   Netman   Manual (Started)   Manual (Started)
Network List Service   netprofm   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Network Location Awareness   NlaSvc   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Network Store Interface Service   nsi   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Parental Controls   WPCSvc   Manual   Manual
Peer Name Resolution Protocol   PNRPsvc   Manual   Manual
Peer Networking Grouping   p2psvc   Manual   Manual
Peer Networking Identity Manager   p2pimsvc   Manual   Manual
Performance Logs & Alerts   pla   Manual   Manual
Plug and Play   PlugPlay   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
PnP-X IP Bus Enumerator   IPBusEnum   Manual   Manual
PNRP Machine Name Publication Service   PNRPAutoReg   Manual   Manual
Portable Device Enumerator Service   WPDBusEnum   Automatic (Started)   Manual
Print Spooler   Spooler   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Problem Reports and Solutions Control Panel Support   wercplsupport   Manual   Manual
Program Compatibility Assistant Service   PcaSvc   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Protected Storage   ProtectedStorage   Manual   Manual
Quality Windows Audio Video Experience   QWAVE   Manual   Manual
ReadyBoost   EMDMgmt   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Remote Access Auto Connection Manager   RasAuto   Manual   Manual
Remote Access Connection Manager   RasMan   Manual (Started) **   Manual (Started)
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)   RpcSs   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator   RpcLocator   Manual   Manual
Remote Registry   RemoteRegistry   Manual   Disabled
Routing and Remote Access   RemoteAccess   Disabled   Disabled
Secondary Logon   seclogon   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol Service   SstpSvc   Manual (Started) **   Manual (Started)
Security Accounts Manager   SamSs   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Security Center   wscsvc   Automatic (Delayed Start, Started)   NO LISTING
Server   LanmanServer   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Shell Hardware Detection   ShellHWDetection   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
SL UI Notification Service   SLUINotify   Manual   Manual
Smart Card   SCardSvr   Manual   Manual
Smart Card Removal Policy   SCPolicySvc   Manual   Manual
SNMP Trap   SNMPTRAP   Manual   Manual
Software Licensing   slsvc   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
SSDP Discovery   SSDPSRV   Manual (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Superfetch   SysMain   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
System Event Notification Service    SENS   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Tablet PC Input Service    TabletInputService   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Task Scheduler   Schedule   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper   lmhosts   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Telephony   TapiSrv   Manual (Started) **   Manual (Started)
Terminal Services   TermService   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Terminal Services Configuration   SessionEnv   Manual   Manual
Themes   Themes   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Thread Ordering Server   THREADORDER   Manual   Manual
TPM Base Services   TBS   Automatic (Delayed Start)   Automatic (Delayed Start)
UPnP Device Host   upnphost   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
User Profile Service   ProfSvc   Automatic (Started)   Automatic
Virtual Disk   vds   Manual   Manual
Volume Shadow Copy   VSS   Manual (Started) **   Manual
WebClient   WebClient   Automatic (Started)   Manual
Windows Audio   AudioSrv   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Windows Audio Endpoint Builder   AudioEndpointBuilder   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Windows Backup   SDRSVC   Manual   Manual
Windows CardSpace   idsvc   Manual   Manual
Windows Color System   WcsPlugInService   Manual   Manual
Windows Connect Now - Config Registrar   wcncsvc   Manual   Manual
Windows Defender   WinDefend   Automatic (Started)   NO LISTING
Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework   wudfsvc   Manual   Automatic (Started)
Windows Error Reporting Service   WerSvc   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Windows Event Collector   Wecsvc   Manual   Manual
Windows Event Log   Eventlog   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Windows Firewall   MpsSvc   Automatic (Started)   NO LISTING
Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)   stisvc   Manual   Automatic (Started)
Windows Installer   msiserver   Manual   Manual
Windows Management Instrumentation   Winmgmt   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Windows Media Center Extender Service   Mcx2Svc   Disabled   Disabled
Windows Media Center Receiver Service   ehRecvr   Manual   Manual
Windows Media Center Scheduler Service   ehSched   Manual   Manual
Windows Media Center Service Launcher   ehstart   Automatic (Delayed Start)   Automatic (Delayed Start)
Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service   WMPNetworkSvc   Manual   Automatic
Windows Modules Installer   TrustedInstaller   Manual   Manual
Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0   FontCache3.0.0.0   Manual   Manual
Windows Remote Management (WS-Management)   WinRM   Manual   Manual
Windows Search   Wsearch   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Windows Time   W32Time   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)
Windows Update   wuauserv   Automatic (Delayed Start, Started)   Automatic (Delayed Start, Started)
WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service   WinHttpAutoProxySvc   Manual (Started) **   Manual
Wired AutoConfig   dot3svc   Manual   Manual
WLAN AutoConfig   Wlansvc   Manual   Manual
WMI Performance Adapter   wmiApSrv   Manual   Manual
Workstation   LanmanWorkstation   Automatic (Started)   Automatic (Started)