Posted on 12.18.2007 04:51 AM #

Brian
Wow thank you so much. I would have never figured that out.

Posted on 12.19.2007 09:29 AM #

Vince
U rock man. I've scoured the net for this issue. I was leaning towards Norton being the root of this problem, but your instructions have completely fixed the prob.

Posted on 12.21.2007 18:45 PM #

Steve
Thanks for this post ... what a pain! ...

Good to go! no thanks to MS!

Posted on 01.31.2008 21:51 PM #

me168
when I try to run net stop winmgmt and enter y it tells me: System error 5 has occured. Acess denied.

Posted on 01.31.2008 22:09 PM #

me168
I just went in to the start menu clicked my icon and it said I am an administrator so I am pretty sure that is what kind of accout I have

Posted on 01.31.2008 22:11 PM #

me168
ok yeah I am positive now

Posted on 01.31.2008 22:14 PM #

me168
ok thanks

Posted on 02.9.2008 14:43 PM #

me168
awesome, I guess I can wait a little longer to see whats recomended. Thank you very much

Posted on 02.12.2008 17:37 PM #

me168
hey, just wondering if you have heard anything or if you think i should just do what everyone else did. thanks for all the middle man work you are doing.

Posted on 02.13.2008 22:21 PM #

me168
lol, not much luck but bad luck for me, I tried again and the run as administrator worked but after I restarted and put in net localgroup administrators NetworkService /ADD, I recieved another beautiful error message saying: system error 1378 has occured. The specified account name is already a member of the group.

Posted on 02.15.2008 00:25 AM #

Tshroom
"Anyways, if you read through the post, I've read and tried what you've just posted and it only removed the error message that prompt up but doesn't let me actually connect to any shares still as it still shows as not being able to find a network connection."

Saw that on another forum. I went through the steps and the same thing happens for me. No more error message at the start, but it still says I am not connected to a network even though I know I am. This is frustrating because I am trying to connect my 360 to share media. My PC sees the 360 but the 360 does not see the PC. If I can't get it fixed I might switch back to 32bit.

Posted on 02.23.2008 21:16 PM #

me168
I dont think this matters at all but I am running the 32-bit home basic vista. Here is a pic of what happened after I rebooted and made the command. viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm I dont know what I am doing wrong but hopefully you know.

Posted on 02.24.2008 18:52 PM #

me168
Ok your right but now I come up with the previous problem. viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm

Posted on 02.24.2008 19:07 PM #

me168
What files now exist in your repository folder? I am thinking about getting the files from an XP that is working fine and putting them in place of my bad repository files.

Posted on 03.1.2008 16:02 PM #

wounding
This is important for x64 vista users

instead of follwing the system32 folder delete the repository folder found in sysWOW64

Excellent work on fixing this bug, I have been fighting this for a month.

Posted on 03.2.2008 23:10 PM #

Tori
i am having this same issue...i have about 200 divx movies on my computer and when i try to connect thru x-box it says i am not connected...then there is a message in wmp that the sharing svc has been stopped...this is strange because it happened out of the blue...i was able to share fine for months...then i started getting this problem...but it doesnt happen with every movie...sometimes it will happen at the start of the movie...in the middle or i can finish the movie...very confusing

Posted on 03.3.2008 21:58 PM #

me168
Tori may have something disruppting singal like a microwave or phone or something like that maybe?

Posted on 03.7.2008 18:40 PM #

Justin Wilcox
Awesome. Just saved me from reformatting my computer, again.

Posted on 03.11.2008 15:41 PM #

John
If you relly want to fix it, here is how. Open the control panel, Then open the administrative tools. Next click on Services. Scroll towards the bottom of the list and find "Windows Media Network Sharing Service. Make sure that this is running. Also right click on this and go to properties. In the properties make sure that this is set to run automaticaly when windows starts. This fixed my Problem and hopefully will fix yours.

Posted on 03.18.2008 13:35 PM #

wounding
I have noticed that this issue seems to revolve around the service pack 1 update for Vista. Everytime I have installed a beta update or the official update my pc reverts back to the previous issue of not being able to detect my network or share my media. Does this theory have any validity??

Posted on 03.18.2008 13:59 PM #

wounding
Ok have a problem. Once I have installed service pack 1 on Vista the fix will no longer work as I no longer have the Repository folder within the Wbem folder of SysWow64. The error I am receiving is the exact same as the one I had experienced before.

Posted on 03.23.2008 19:33 PM #

me168
I wonder if the sharing team has gotten anywhere

Posted on 04.8.2008 09:41 AM #

Michael
I have the same problem and think it may be related to SP1 for VIsta ... everything was fine until the update - now, I can't share, I get the same repeating problem, I go into AdminTools --> Services and can't start WM Network Sharing, and even though I'm running x64, I don't have the correct directory. even when I follow the instructions here for the System32 folder, I don't have the correct privileges to delete the folder in question. What am I doing wrong?!?

Posted on 04.10.2008 16:02 PM #

wounding
Same issues here Michael. As far as I can tell this fix no longer works with SP1 (at least for us 64bit users). Simply going to have to wait for an official solution from MS as this is becoming troubling.

Posted on 04.11.2008 05:22 AM #

wounding
run a command prompt as an administrator (right-click on it and click "Open as Administrator") then enter the following command line:

net localgroup "Administrators" "NT Authority\Local Service" /add


This worked for me after SP1 in x64 edition.
Credit:docinventor @Xoxide forums

Posted on 04.25.2008 05:30 AM #

cuneyt
hi i can not delete the file repository, it tells me that the file is open in another program which it isnt. i am running 32bit vista home premium

Posted on 05.6.2008 01:08 AM #

matt
Have you any news on this yet?

Posted on 05.8.2008 22:16 PM #

matt
Found a fix for myself.
I already owned nero 8 and it lets me stream my music, pictures, and video.
Very easy to operate and works with network discovery off so I can bypass Windows Vista Ultimate.

Thanks for your quick response though!!!

Posted on 05.11.2008 16:35 PM #

Steve
I've just started getting the error when trying to view videos on my Xbox. It says media sharing is not enabled when it clearly is.

I have to open windows media player on my computer for me to click apply and ok everytime I want to watch something.

I've tried the above steps mentioned but still nothing.... any other hints or tips?

Posted on 05.15.2008 15:42 PM #

wounding

This fix will also work:



1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, then press ENTER

2. For Windows Vista, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\inf\defltbase.inf /db defltbase.sdb /verbose

3. You receive a "Task is completed" message, and a warning message that something could not be done. You can safely ignore this message. For more information about this message, view the %windir%\Security\Logs\Scesrv.log file.
Note In Windows Vista, the defltbase.inf file is a Security configuration template for the default security. You can view the settings for this file in the following location: %windir%\inf\defltbase.inf

Posted on 06.15.2008 09:30 AM #

Peter Nunn
Hi Danny,

I have tried both solutions posted above - yours and woundings, but I simply cannot get the sharing service to stay running. It seems to run for the briefest of sessions and then stops. The event viewer quotes Error 0x80004002 which I believe is a user cancellation error. I am running Windows Vista 32 bit and trying to share my media with my PS3 via a wireless connection. I have no firewall software other than that which comes with Windows and the hardware one that comes with the router,

Cheers,

Peter

Posted on 06.17.2008 21:51 PM #

kevin
This problem only occurred for me after I installed SP1 for x86 Home Basic (if that helps the MS tech ppl). Your fix solved the problem! Thank you - you are a gentleman and a scholar my good man.

Posted on 06.29.2008 14:35 PM #

John
This may be obvious.... but I was doing everything listed here and totally missed that for some reason I had UPnP device Host disabled. Make sure you have that enabled as well or Media sharing will not work with an XBox or PS3.
I just did that and Voila.

Posted on 07.1.2008 15:33 PM #

Sean
i just tried these steps and it works now....THANKS!!!!

Posted on 07.5.2008 10:34 AM #

Joshua
I had this problem all morning. It suspiciously started after my computer turned off last night possibly due to a power outage. Anyway, after reading this entire comment list I read the comments on hxxp://www.vistax64.com/.../...-enable-media-sharing.html and found the solution to my problem. The SSDP Discovery service was disabled. By changing it to automatic, starting the service, and then starting the wmp network sharing service- voila working like usual.

Btw, this is my first post ever in 13 years of mooching off the info provided by others, but the importance of media sharing requires me to help when possible.

Posted on 07.16.2008 07:05 AM #

robp
Joshua:

Great tip. Nothing above worked for me, but that (enabling teh SSDP service) finally did it.

Some sort of Windows Update must have disabled it. I'd shared files with my Xbox360 for probably a year without issue until this nightmarish seemingly no solution issue arose. I'd tried everything (Danny's solution, several netsh modifications back and forth, several router changes, etc.). Nothing worked. By merely setting the SSDP Discovery service to automatic, it now works again.

Thank you.

Posted on 07.16.2008 21:15 PM #

me168
WOW thank you SO much Joshua, I have been following this thread forever trying everything and changing the ssdp did it! You can not imagine how long i have been waiting for this lol.

Posted on 07.19.2008 08:07 AM #

dave
Hy Danny,

I messed this up and I want to get back to square 1.
I completed "Type net stop winmgmt. If it warns you about other services stopping just type Y to continue".
This stopped a lot of stuff and now I cant re-connect to my preffered network.
How to I start those services again?
Many thanks.
I know Im stupid!!

Dave

Posted on 07.27.2008 19:05 PM #

Dave
Is this suppose to work if you *want* Media Sharing enabled?

I ask because I enable it through my network configurations and get that error in WMP11. However, when I follow the instructions it seems to completely disable Sharing. It gets rid of the error when WMP11 starts, but if I re-enable Media Sharing, the error starts coming up again.

It almost seems like the instructions simply disable Media Sharing as a means to avoid the error with WMP.

Posted on 08.6.2008 18:45 PM #

simon
ok quick fix on this one seems something has disabled the ssdp service which is a dependent for the sharing service so from here this is what we do:
click on start then run type in services.msc hit enter this will bring up the services window scroll down till you see ssdp discovery that should be set to disabled now but we want to set it to automatic tyo do this right click it select properties and there is a drop down box with disabled in it click on it and choose automatic in the same window click on start then you can click on ok to close the window for ssdp discovery.
Next scroll down the services window till you see Windows Media Player network sharing service just right click on that and choose start.
Hope this helps as it helped me now to find out whats stopped the ssdp discovery service.

Posted on 08.8.2008 03:31 AM #

BlackGoku03
Simon, that worked for me. I did everything I could think of and googled but nothing worked. Setting the SSDP service to automatic fixed it. Thanks.

Posted on 08.9.2008 15:12 PM #

Outomas
Simon... thanks man.. worked for me, and very easy to do it... thanks again... i owe you

Posted on 08.10.2008 07:04 AM #

simon
No problem still trying to find out what and why the ssdp service was disabled must have been something recent as my sharing was messed up only recently will post back if i find anything out.

Posted on 08.19.2008 16:05 PM #

chris
simon.....thank you, your method worked for me 2, quick and easy, thanks

Posted on 08.19.2008 16:11 PM #

chris
simon not sur eif this is a stupid question or if u can help me but i wanted media centre to work so i could play my movies and music through my tv, the movies play fione but all the music i downloaded via napster wont play on my ps3, it says unsupported data even though they are wma files which the ps3 is enabled to play??

Posted on 08.20.2008 14:30 PM #

simon
Hi chris glad the fix worked for you regarding your question about wma playback just a quick one for you but have you enabled it on the ps3 in the settings you have to goto system settings then scroll right down till you see "enable wma playback" other than that im sorry but i dont know you could just try converting them too mp3.

Posted on 08.31.2008 13:12 PM #

Ste H
Hi Danny
Your thread seemed most promising for the wmp fix but it hasn't worked
You still seem like the most promisisng source however having tried several other places. One I tried has resulted in my network connection status being displayed as unknown despite being able to download and surf, if i try to disconnect/reconnect then it still displays the same unknown status but the net goes.
I believe this is my new problem root, d'you have any suggestions on this?

Posted on 09.1.2008 04:48 AM #

Trent
When I tried to start the Windows Media Player Networking Sharing Service I got this,

"The Windows Media Player Networking Sharing Service service on Local Computer started then stopped. Some services stop automaticall if they are not in use by other services or programs."

So I don't know what to do now.

Also, my Xbox360 sees my WindowsXP machine just fine. I want to be able to share my media between all my computers. My Vista sees everything on my network; Xbox360 and XP computer.

Posted on 09.4.2008 17:49 PM #

DonMike
tried this, and every other fix out there... but still unable to connect my xbox360 as a media extender.....

Posted on 09.4.2008 20:57 PM #

quafftime
many thanks to simon and danny, the fix worked for me

Posted on 09.14.2008 13:51 PM #

Ryan
Quite refreshing to find a fix so quickly! Thank you for the easy to understand instructions, and for helping me get Media Center to work on the 360.

Posted on 09.14.2008 18:11 PM #

James C
thanks a ton dude

Posted on 09.19.2008 23:10 PM #

Kevin W
I had this problem, but the fix listed here didn't work. I eventually took a look and found that on vista my network discovery was set on 'custom' and whenever I tried to change it to 'on' it would do nothing and go back to custom. I looked in my task manager and saw that 'WMPNetworkSVC' was stopped, but when I tried to start it I would get an error. So I went to my service manager and saw that 'Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service' was stopped and had a startup type of 'Manual', so I changed the startup type to 'Automatic' and restarted the service. Now my network discovery can finally turned on and sharing now works. I have no idea how the settings got switched, but it could be due to a windows update resetting some of my settings.

Posted on 09.24.2008 23:01 PM #

Aslyn
Delete the folder (choose the option that fits your Operating System)
- Vista 32Bit: %SystemRoot%\System32\WBEM\Repository and all its contents

how do i delete this folder abd all its contents????

Posted on 09.29.2008 21:53 PM #

Andrew
when i type net localgroup administrators NetworkService /ADD it says

"System error 1378 has occured."
"The specified account name is already a member of the group"

Posted on 10.7.2008 16:34 PM #

Richard
Many thanks for posting this, and all the wonderful replies. I had just this issue with Media Sharing constantly disabling itself. As it turns out SSDP was disabled in my Vista32.

I've just updated TVersity to the latest version, and noticed that it has an option during installation to disable SSDP. Might be one reason why SSDP was disabled for me (from the previous install), and for others.

Posted on 10.9.2008 16:14 PM #

another oneder
YOUr solution did not work for me amigo

BUT
i was able to find this one
wiki.answers.com/.../Why_do_I_get_an_Error_1068_when_I_try_to_share_my_media_in_WMP11_in_WXP_pro_sp2_start_service_in_services

this one worked for me and i suggest you post it with your solution!

Posted on 10.14.2008 23:39 PM #

Chris
ok my problem is when i try to play a video on the xbox, i get an error on my laptop that says windows media player network sharing service stopped working and was closed. anyone know how to fix this????

Posted on 10.26.2008 00:09 AM #

Oyun indir
As it turns out SSDP was disabled in my Vista32.

Posted on 11.4.2008 15:08 PM #

Bill D
Dan: This fix did not work for me, It tells me it does not reconize the command

Posted on 11.13.2008 20:50 PM #

aron
Dan, your fix worked for me! thanks so much!

Posted on 11.19.2008 22:28 PM #

Estetik
Relativamente alla domanda, di come ci si senta quando si è un blogger, le mie sensazioni su questo sono ambigue. Io sono certa che c’è qualcuno che pensa che io non sia una vera blogger perché raramente pubblico più di un testo alla settimana e non mi avvolgo giornalmente nelle discussioni con i commentatori del mio blog. Ritengo che la risposta a queste persone sarebbe una domanda:’Voi non avete una vita/ occupazione/ qualcos’altro da fare?’ E finora non esistono regole per i blogger, né un loro sindacato.

Posted on 11.20.2008 09:58 AM #

Site ekle
when i type net localgroup administrators NetworkService /ADD it says