Cannot open network and sharing center in windows 7

I bought my new sony vaio laptop NWf this week and it has Microsoft windows 7 as its operating system. The night i bought my laptop, I tried to connect to the internet via wireless and its working properly. The next day, i tried again to connect to the internet via wireless but I can't select the wireless networks available from the icon on the bottom right of the screen. When I click the 'select network' on the bottom right, nothing happens, unlike what happened the night i bought the laptop where all the available wireless networks came out.

I tried to fix this through the network and sharing center in the control panel but i can't open it as well. When I click the 'network and sharing center' nothing happens even if I wait for like minutes.

I tried to restart and reboot my laptop and the problem is still there. I dont know what happened to my laptop for just overnight, the wireless internet is working properly the night before but today i cant use it anymore. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. Threats include any threat of suicide, violence, or harm to another. Any content of an adult theme or inappropriate to a community web site.

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Any image, link, or discussion related to child pornography, child nudity, or other child abuse or exploitation. Sometimes, Windows will ask you if you want to enable sharing or find devices once you connect to a network and if you say yes, it will make the network private.

If you choose no, it will make the network public. You can also manually change the network type to Public or Private depending on what kind of privacy you want. This can be useful, for example, if you are visiting someone and you want to make sure no one can access any data on your computer while you are connected to their network.

Change the network type to Public and no one will be able to discover your computer on the network. You can read my post on how to switch between public and private for the currently connected network. So what exactly does switching do? Well, you can see all of the different sharing settings when you click on the Change advanced sharing settings link, which I explain in detail in the next section below.

A HomeGroup allows you to easily share files, printers and more between computers. I talk more about it in the Advanced Sharing Settings section below.

Next to Connections , you can click on the name of the WiFi or Ethernet network to bring up the status info dialog for the current connection. Here you can see how long you have been connected, the signal quality for WiFi networks, the network speed, etc.

You can also disable the connection and diagnose the connection if there is a problem. For WiFi networks, this screen is useful because you can click on Wireless Properties and then click on the Security tab and view the WiFi password. This is really useful if you have forgotten the WiFi password, but still have a computer that is connected to the network.

The advanced sharing settings dialog is main place for managing how your computer communicates with the rest of the network. In Windows 7, you have two profiles: Home or Work and Public. Only one profile can be active at a time. All the settings are the same and repeated under each profile. Network Discovery — This setting is turned on for private networks by default and it means that your computer can be seen by other computers and vice versa. What this means in practice is that when you open Windows Explorer, you might see the name of another computer connected to your network under Network Locations.

File and Printer Sharing — This setting will allow others to access shared folders and printers on your computer. I always turn this to Off even on private networks unless I need to use it in a specific situation.

There are so many times when guests come over to my house, connect to the network and then could possibly browse my system. Any content of an adult theme or inappropriate to a community web site. Any image, link, or discussion of nudity. Any behavior that is insulting, rude, vulgar, desecrating, or showing disrespect. Any behavior that appears to violate End user license agreements, including providing product keys or links to pirated software.

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As I have understood, you are experiencing issue with network and sharing center does not open and have become unresponsive on the system. I certainly understand your concern and appreciate all your effort in trying to fix this issue.