Connection Status: unknown access is denied

Question

My main user profile is having problems showing stats for my network.

The Vista network connection icon has a red x in it and states, “Connection status: Unknown" "Access is denied.” on mouse hover, and the Network and Sharing center shows the following.

The main profile is local admin and other user profiles work. I have tried resetting permissions on my profile folder.

Answer 1

• Right click Computer and hit Manage
• Under System Tools, double click Local Users and Groups then click Groups
• Right click Administrators
• Click Add to group then click Add then Advanced
• Click Find Now
• Double click on Local Service then click OK
• NT Authority\Local Service should show up in the list, click OK then Reboot

Answer 2

Looks like a permissions issue. You can try this:

1. Go to the administrator command prompt by clicking Start

2. In the search box type "cmd" (don't hit enter yet)

3. Press CTRL + Shift + Enter (accept the UAC prompt)

4. At the C:\Windows\system32> prompt type:

   net localgroup Administrators "Local Service" /add (use quotes is object contains spaces)
   

5. Hit Enter

Answer 3

@Ciaran

Sometimes Network Location Awareness service needs to get access by adding permissions to localservice or networkservice.

net localgroup administrators localservice /add
net localgroup administrators networkservice /add

Answer 4

I was having this problem with some accounts after re-installing 64-bit Vista. One account with the problem was "Greg". After trying several solutions from the web, I decided to get creative. So I logged into the Administrator account, created a new account named "GregNew", then went to windows explorer and copied all files under Users\Greg to Users\GregNew. Told it to replace all. Then went back into manage accounts as Administrator and deleted the "Greg" account. All is well now (for now).