File sharing problems in Vista Home Premium

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I can't get folder sharing to work at all on my computer. I have tried
everything I can find on the internet, but nobody seems to have the same
problem as me.
When I try to turn public folder sharing on, I get the message "The RPC
server is unavailable."
If I try to put the folder I want to share in my public folder, I get the
message "You need permission to perform this action."
I am the only user on this computer and I don't see anything wrong with the
administration stuff. I've posted this once in here but never got a reply,
probably because nobody else knew what to do either.
I have to say, compared to XP, Vista is a unbelievable pain in the ass for
almost everything. If Mac had a tablet, I would've gotten one.
Any clue what I can do to fix this problem?
 
suzystabalot said:
I can't get folder sharing to work at all on my computer. I have tried
everything I can find on the internet, but nobody seems to have the same
problem as me.
When I try to turn public folder sharing on, I get the message "The RPC
server is unavailable."
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Well is the RPC Remote Procedue Call server started?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/224370

Resolution #1 Start the RPC server is the same command in Vista at the
Command Prompt. I issued the command, it came back saying it's all ready
started.

You may need to right-click the short-cut for Command Prompt and go to
Properties and do a Run as Administrator.

The rest of the resolutions you can forget about, since it's for Domains.
If I try to put the folder I want to share in my public folder, I get the
message "You need permission to perform this action."
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Maybe the link can help you.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/31ad4562-aee7-4fed-8316-89114dc973031033.mspx
I am the only user on this computer and I don't see anything wrong with
the
administration stuff.
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What user permmions does your user account have on the folder is your
account even there?

I find the commands talked about in this link interesting.

http://help.wugnet.com/vista/Unable-delete-folder-permission-perform-act-ftopict50050.html

You know, I went to Services off of Admin Tools, but I don't know what
rights are needed to stop and start a service it's all disabled and I did a
Run as Admin on the short-cut.
 
suzystabalot said:
I can't get folder sharing to work at all on my computer. I have tried
everything I can find on the internet, but nobody seems to have the same
problem as me.
When I try to turn public folder sharing on, I get the message "The RPC
server is unavailable."
If I try to put the folder I want to share in my public folder, I get the
message "You need permission to perform this action."
I am the only user on this computer and I don't see anything wrong with
the
administration stuff. I've posted this once in here but never got a
reply,
probably because nobody else knew what to do either.
I have to say, compared to XP, Vista is a unbelievable pain in the ass for
almost everything. If Mac had a tablet, I would've gotten one.
Any clue what I can do to fix this problem?
Click to expand...

I don't have a solution for you, sorry, but I have a similar problem: can't
share/access Vista files/folders across my XP/Vista network except for
Vista's Public Folder. That works fine, and whenever I need to access
anything to or from Vista across the network, I copy it all to the Public
Folder and go. A helluva workaround. And yes, I show my entire Vista C:
drive as "shared" without permissions. Grrrrrrrr.......

EW
 
I have the same problem. I can transfer files between my XP and 98
machines.
When I try to paste some files into a Vista directory, I get the
permission statement.
Vista does not allow some files to be transferred to Vista. Typically
exe files.
The local network is a Private Network in Vista. I have given everyone
full NTFS file permissions.
The problem is not the file. I can download the same file from the
internet or transfer the file via a USB drive and sneakernet.

Is this part of WIC (Windows Integrity Control) that M$ introduced in
Vista?
Is there some way to tell Vista to allow networking on my private
network?

Printer sharing is also a problem. Vista can't get the driver files
via the network.
 
dj said:
Printer sharing is also a problem. Vista can't get the driver files
via the network.
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Can't give you any help about the file sharing stuff, as you've read before.
However, about the printer sharing: perhaps I don't understand your network
configuration, but don't you need the printer drivers installed on ALL
computers that use/share a printer?? I have a small home network, works
great for printer sharing, but both computers must have the driver for the
shared printer installed.

EW
 
I had problems too.. mine now works with these exact settings:

Network Discovery = ON
File sharing = ON
Public folder sharing = OFF
Password protected sharing = OFF

then just right click the folder you want to share and set the sharing
permissions. (enable guest account if you dont want your users to be
prompted for a password)
 
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