richard127gm

Hi isolatedvirus First of all thank you for the very detailed response. Here is the result, step-by-step 1) - 4) Uninstalled Avast using their own uninstall utility. Tried pinging and streaming after re-boot but still no luck. I had actually rolled back the PC to a time before Avast had been installed, which didn't work, but I thought this was worth a try. 5) ipconfig/renew didn't work either. I had previously tried re-setting my router and then logged in to it to check there weren't any conflicts (which there weren't). This is also how I knew my router can see all my PC's and other devices and that they all had different IP's 6) I would never have thought of this and gave it a try to much anticipation. Alas, no good... still nothing 7) I have checked the sharing settings on everything so many times, I could do it in my sleep. Had one last run through though, but still nothing 8) Re-installed Avast which, to no surprise, as still nothing was working even when it wasn't installed, made no difference Thank you so much for your help but I think I have to concede defeat. You've been very helpful but my I.T. training simply won't allow me to let you remote in to my PC. I'm sure you understand. As this PC is now over two years old, the plan is to go and get a newer, faster laptop and bring that up to a level of install similar to this one and then flatten this one to factory settings. The problem with this, as anyone who's done it knows, re-formatting a PC hard drive is simple enough and I do have all my install passwords and files backed up (twice)... It's the waiting for endless hours of Windows updates to install themselves when it realises it's so out of date. Hurrah for the Windows registry for breaking my PC and damn those updates! Thanks again for all your help

Hi isolatedvirus sorry, I didn't explain very well: I have actually disabled Avast but that made no difference. I just don't want to un-install it. I can't see anything in the Avast logs saying it is blocking the LAN. Pinging is interesting as it times out on all 4 packets of sent data every time I try from another laptop Airdroid doesn't tell what protocols it uses but you can find it's entry on Google Play (Android Market) here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zYW5kLmFpcmRyb2lkIl0. Skifta is DLNA certifed software. I guess it's a bit like TVersity It looks from the ping that my PC is being blocked or is just plain broken. I have absolutely no problem connecting to the internet though.

Hi Windows does recognise the network as a home network. Homegroup checkbox for sharing is ticked and Pictures, Music, Videos and Printers are ticked for sharing. I've checked the shared folders and they are confirmed as shared. I've tried turning off Windows Firewall and that doesn't make any difference Short of un-installing Avast, all you can do is disable it's 'Shields' but this should turn off all it's protection/blocking It is bizarre that the PC can see my devices (PS3, Android phone, XBox) as can my router, but I can't share any files. Perhaps of further interest DLNA software such as Airdroid on my Android phone will allow access to any files on my PC and works as it did before (I use it to move files such as MP3 and Video, wirelessly to my phone). On the other hand streaming software such as Skifta won't see any media server resident on the PC. I'm very confused!

Hi all. Hope someone can be bothered reading this long post, but it's become a nightmare... I spent 2 whole days trying to un-install Comodo Internet Security (a common problem apparently). Anyway, couldn't un-install, then couldn't re-install so had to take the drastic step of using a custom removal tool which also meant hacking my registry. All seemed to be well and PC seemed back to normal. I installed Avast anti-virus and relied on that and Windows Firewall for protection. Then... I tried streaming media to my PS3: something that was never a problem before, but the PS3 can't see the PC, neither can any other devices that worked with it before. I've tried everything I can think of and I've listed some of what I've tried below. Has anyone got any ideas or am I screwed due to the hacking of my registry? System Acer 5542 laptop 4gb Ram 320 gb HDD AMD Athlon II X2 processor ATI Radeon HD 4200 Graphics Things checked to solve problem uPnP Device Host restarted and set to 'Automatic' SSDP Discovery restarted and set to 'Automatic' Windows media player network sharing service services restarted and set to 'Automatic' Tried disabling Windows Firewall Tried Stopping Avast shields Ran 'scannow' from command prompt and several corrupted file messages were found, mostly to do with Net.framework Re-installed NET.framework from Microsoft support ... None of this made any difference! The PC can see the PS3 and other devices Media sharing is switched on in WMPlayer Tversity running but not seen by devices MediaMonkey 4 media server running but not seen by devices Still nothing. My PS3, Android phone and XBox simply don't see the PC