Hi, can anyone tell me how to fix a problem with my win xp puter? Ive recently put sp3 on it but Im not able to say the problem started after sp3 was installed. When I right click my "C" or "D" drive there is no option to share my drives. The C drive is shared and is available to the network of other xp and one win7 puter. The normal hand icon is visible on the drive icon also. I now want to share my D drive. I have been able to only by using net share command, but this too has a problem. When I look at the d drive on the network all folders on the drive are visible in the network tree. If I click on a folder on D drive I have access denied. If I then share all folders on D drive seperately they are all accessable and useable. Trouble with this is I now have a double list in my network tree of this computer, ONE BIG MESS. I am only an average puter user with what now is obviously average network knowledge, bu can anyone tell me how to restore my sharing menu item?? please I dont want to reinstall windows over this issue Thanks in advance1 person needs an answerI do too

Hi, Sounds like this is too hard, guess if microsoft dont know then what hope do I have?

Hi,Sounds like this is too hard, guess if microsoft dont know then what hope do I have? Are you logged in with an account that has administrator privileges? -B- http://www.officeforlawyers.com Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook

Is this Windows XP Home or Professional?-B- http://www.officeforlawyers.com Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook

Hi, thanks for your help, The machine in question is a winxp home sp3 which is used on a network with 3 other xp home machines and one win7. I am logged onto this machine as administrator, and the only other a/c which is guest is turned off. I can use the network on this machine by using net commands so the network is usable. this machine is the only xp which doesnt have a menu item for sharing and security when right clicking a drive. The menu item is there for folders on all machines. As well this machine does not have either a security tab or sharing tab in properties for a drive. A little while ago I was advised to install SCESP41.exe which immediately gave me back a security tab (when viewing folder and drive properties) Still no right click menu item though. The security tab allowed me to access permissions which I found very complex and after reading warnings on the net I decided to leave them well alone. Two days ago someone on another forum suggested I add the following to my registry. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\Sharing] @="{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}" Immediately upon adding this entry to my registry i Had a tab (in properties) for sharing, amazing. I dont know who can understand the gobbeldygook in the registry entry above but all I can say is there are some people that are remarkable. Even though I still dont have my right click menu item, the two work arounds above have made my machine almost the same as the others. What I cant understand about this although minor issue is that there are hundreds of thousands of google entries with people with similar problems, I would have thought that fixes would abound???? Once again thank you for your help.