network discovery keeps turning off

[Guest]

Windows Vista Ultimate keeps turning off network discovery. I turn it on and
some time later, I find it turned off. I haven't been able to make a backup
of my system because it keeps turning off in the middle of the backup and
screwing up my network connection.

What could be causing this?

 

[charly]

: network discovery keeps turning off"

I had the same problem sharing file and printer turned off after reboot.

This solution helps (for me):
- Start mmc.exe from console prompt.
- Select File/Add Windows Firewall extended snapin.
- Double click Windows Firewall
- Select all predefined incoming and outgoing rules for file and printer
sharing and activate all of them (for each scope: private, domain, public).
- Done.
I did the same for remote desktop rules, since I want to use remote desktop.

I do not know wheter this is a good idea, it just helps. But there might be
some security vulnerabilities doing so. I would appreciate some comment from
a networking guy.

The problem occured after I installed VMWare 6 on my machine. This installs
a Network for vor the virtual maachines, which is viewed as a public network.
I tried to switch it to private, but it was turned back to public after
reboot.

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

It could be the 3rd party software too. This post may help.

network discovery is turned offuntil I reboot and then again, I get a notice
that Network discovery is turned off if I try to browse the network. My
other Vista (X86) does not have this ...
www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?p=2185&sid=d61577486dd34096fd1330d78e25666b

 

[John Rotton]

Has anyone found an answer to this?

I'm having the same issue on both my desktop (Vista 32-bit) and notebook
(Vista 64-bit). Both of these are Domain members, and both have VMware
installed. After every reboot, Network Discovery is turned off. This is not
just an annoyance but a real problem since some automated processes run
occasionally that rely on the desktop being available for file copies, and
unless I check the discovery status all the time it's prone to failure.

Disabling UPnP on the router as suggested above had no effect. I've even
diasabled the Windows Firewall and still Network Discovery turns itself off.
Any ideas? Is it related to VMWare as suggested elsewhere?

 

[2Knights2]

John,

We're in the same boat. I'm running 32-bit Windows Vista and I also have
VMWare Server installed (but I'm not on a domain). When I reboot or (I
think) standby, the network discovery turns off.

I wonder if this has anything to do with the VMWare interfaces... have you
had any luck fixing this?

--Scott