On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 16:48:03 -0800, "Kirk"
<Kirk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>In the last few days I've been unable to get file/printer sharing working
>between my XP home w/SP2 computer and a pair of Win98SE computers. It doesn't
>work in either direction (from XP machine to Win98SE machine or vice versa).
>Of course file and printer sharing is enabled on all machines and shares have
>been defined. Everything was working fine until a few days ago. I have not
>installed any new software or made configuration changes.
>
>On the XP machine I cannot start Security Center or Windows
>Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS). I get "Error 1749: The security
>context is invalid". These services had been working fine.
>
>Any ideas on a fix?

Just a suggestion, but have you checked for viruses, or maybe spyware?


Dan (Still going in circles)