Kamis, 01 Desember 2011

cannot start the workstation service

Okay, I fixed it. I cannot believe I have fixed this problem. To me, it is not unlike a small miracle. Here's what I did (keep in mind - this is a combination of advice from many different boards - Greenstead, without your help, I wouldn't have known what to post in the other boards in the first place).

The "Workstation" file seemed to be the culprit. It appears that I did not have the file WKSSVC.DLL in C:\Windows\system32. So what I did was went to a site called DLL Dump (http://www.dlldump.com/dll-files/W_4.html) and downloaded the "wkssvc.dll" file. I placed it in the necessary c:\windows\system32 folder, went back to "Services" (in the Administrative Tools via Control Panel) and double-clicked "Workstation", started it, closed it. Then went back to "set up a small network" and low and behold, all of my shared folders popped right up. I didn't have to restart or anything.

Wow. I'm in shock. Hopefully, this will help someone else in my position.

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