Re: Network & Sharing Center window wont open

wrote:

> Our main wireless internet connection has stopped working on one of
> the Dell laptops. It works fine on the other and the Mac. When
> attempting to connect, a "login dialog" appears where it asks for the
> user, pass and domain. I remember this happening to both Dells (Vista)
> when we first got the wireless router and the workaround was to
> manually create the connection. I'm not sure what has happened to
> cause this laptop to stop connecting automatically, but I thought a
> good fix would be to manually create the connection again. Problem is,
> when I go to the Network window and click on "Network and Sharing
> Center" a new window briefly appears then disappears. Why is it doing
> this & how can I fix it??

Try this:

1. Go into Safe Mode With Command Prompt
2. At the command prompt:

net localgroup "Administrators" "local Service" /add [enter]

See "The command completed successfully". Type:

exit [enter] and allow Vista to start normally.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:15:54 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

>On Oct 27, 7:37*am, Malke <ma...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> kbrem...@beeline-online.net wrote:
>> > Our main wireless internet connection has stopped working on one of
>> > the Dell laptops. It works fine on the other and the Mac. When
>> > attempting to connect, a "login dialog" appears where it asks for the
>> > user, pass and domain. I remember this happening to both Dells (Vista)
>> > when we first got the wireless router and the workaround was to
>> > manually create the connection. I'm not sure what has happened to
>> > cause this laptop to stop connecting automatically, but I thought a
>> > good fix would be to manually create the connection again. Problem is,
>> > when I go to the Network window and click on "Network and Sharing
>> > Center" a new window briefly appears then disappears. Why is it doing
>> > this & how can I fix it??
>>
>> Try this:
>>
>> 1. Go into Safe Mode With Command Prompt
>> 2. At the command prompt:
>>
>> net localgroup "Administrators" "local Service" /add [enter]
>>
>> See "The command completed successfully". Type:
>>
>> exit [enter] and allow Vista to start normally.
>>
>> Malke
>> --
>> MS-MVP
>> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
>
>Not to sound ignorant but....when I press f2 at startup, I am not
>given the option of safe mode like I'm used to seeing. The only option
>that appears is choosing an OS of which Vista is the only option??

Safe mode is usually F8 .