Windows Vista cannot change from public to private network

I have attempted to change the wireless network on my Toshiba laptop (Vista Home Premium) from public to home but on restart it reverts back to a public network and I cannot connect to the shared files from my Win7 machine.

I was following these instructions http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/124812-network-location-type-change.html

Any help would be appreciated, thanks

 

Well, there are so many sites with tutorials showing how to Change your network from Public to Private - out of them all please try this one offered. When I googled this for information for you, so many came up including the link you posted that I wonder if there is another reason you are having so much trouble doing this exercise. Have you any other issues with your computer, are the Windows updates current? have you cleared your temporary files lately and scanned for Malware/Spyware?

Trying to suggest everything to help with your problem.

best regards,

 

This is exactly the process that I have gone through - this does not change the network into a Private network - at least not on this machine

I cannot enable the internet connection through the wireless connection either. The laptop connects to the network but only has limited access

I cannot connect to the shared files on the laptop from my desktop (Win7) as I need a network password in spite of password protected sharing being off

 

Maybe a little help from another thread here at Windows BBS.

 

Thank you but, this post doesn't relate to Vista.
secpol.msc is not available in Vista Home
The resolution in AceH's post is specific to Win 7 & 8

 

No further thoughts here? I still have not been able to get this turkey to recognize the wireless network as friendly.

I have a feeling that this is going to result in a reformat and install of Win7 to ease my pain

 

I don't have a wireless connection on my Vista system.

The last thing I would do before a reformat is to "Delete" or "Remove" the network connection. You should find it under Manage Network Connections. You will need to make a new connection and it will probably have a 2 on the end.

Just a thought...you may have a program (Windows program?) that is set to rely on the Public Network.

Just info: I expect secpol.msc is only availble in Windows Vista Enterprise or Windows Vista Ultimate.

See if you can "relate" any of those with the previous suggestions.

Matt

 

Tried the new connection... didn't help (thanks for the suggestion)

Realized that installing Win7 would have been the fastest and most reliable solution so, I did. Really happy with the results as the homegroup feature is sooooo simple.

Thanks all