Network And Sharing Inaccessible - New Issue

Hi,
I have a Sony VAIO Laptop with Windows Vista Business (No Servic
Pack.)

There are two separate (related?) problems:

1. I cannot access Network And Sharing Center. I tried the other fi
out there (add local service to admin group) and no luck. A littl
digging and found that when I kill svchost.exe (controlling DCOM Serve
Process and Plug and Play) I am able to access the Network and Sharin
Center. I looked at the sub-processes in that svchost throug
ProcessExplorer and killed each on individually (except for the Inte
processes) and no luck. I have to kill the whole svchost.

2. Second problem is with Windows Installer. I tried unregistering it
copying msiexec.exe from the dvd and re-registering it. I set th
Windows Installer Service to start automatically and was able to get i
to work long enough to install the Windows Installer Clean Up Utility t
remove any funky programs (google updater was installed twice.) But th
Installer is again not working. It is inconsistent at best.

No events in Event Viewer. I would rather not have to wipe out the PC

Thanks,
Chuc

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chuck
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