Ok, so i finished re-installing my new vlited vista sp1 an hour or two ago, and everything is awesome except this page won't come up, with the text in the thread title.

I removed most components from vista (home premium) sp1, here's the ones i kept:

Network:
File and Printer sharing
Internet Explorer
Network Explorer

Services:
App Exp
Comp Browser
Desktop Window Manager
DHCP
DTC
DNS Client
Network List Service
TCP/IP NetBios Helper
Windows Colors
Windows Event Log

System:
MDAC
HTML Engine
Tablet PC
UAC
Windows Pic and Fax Viewer

There's also a couple in the other categories.

I set my router to dhcp and manually set up my wireless network (right click notification area icon and use connect to network) so this way both my wired and wireless connections work but there is no way to configure my network connections using the gui (that i know!), however i can see using ipconfig /all that both connections were automatically configured properly.

did you remove disk cleanup? that caused windows SAT to say the same thing

I most certainly did remove that component, however i can say for certain that i removed that component in a test install and it didnt cause this problem.

Anyway, losing out SAT only removes flip3d and taskbar app previews (i think!) whereas losing the sharing center makes me unable to configure my network adapters and protocols!!

Digging out stuff i found out that my problem could be caused by a missing qutil.dll but i do have that specific file installed. I dont know if it's related at all in my case but just throwing that out there in case it does!

I am receiving the same error, "The page failed to load." when I open Network and Sharing Center. I would like to resolve this problem and any input is highly appreciated.

I have disk cleanup enabled and I still receive the error.

I made a Vista SP1 Home Premium ISO and burned it to a DVD. After I burned the DVD, I used vLite on the Vista SP1 Home Premium disk. I am not sure if driver integration, component removal, & tweaks work with the Vista SP1 Home Premium disk. I would like to disable as many components as possible and still be able to use LAN and WLAN.

Network Explorer , Event log ?!

I manged to get my Vista SP1 Home Premium disk to work and it connects to Network and Sharing Center. Here are the following things I did. I do not use a printer or scanner with my laptop. I wanted to make Vista SP1 Home Premium as small as possible. Managed to get Vista SP1 Home Premium disk down to 919.49MB.

Drivers Integrated:

1. Conexant High-Definition Audio Driver
2. Conexant HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP Driver
3. NVIDIA nForce Chipset Driver
4. NVIDIA GeForce Series Video Driver
5. Ricoh 5-1 Card Reader Driver
6. Synaptics Touchpad
7. Broadcom Wireless LAN Driver for Microsoft Windows Vista

Components Removed:
Accessories:

1. Accessibility
2. Disk Cleanup
3. Mobility Center
4. Snipping Tool
5. Speech Support
6. Welcome Center
7. Windows Sidebar and Gadgets
8. Wordpad

Drivers:

1. Display Drivers
2. Diva Server
3. Modems
4. Printers
5. QLogic Fibre Channel Adaptor
6. Scanners
7. Sound Controllers
8. Storage Controllers [Except HP]
9. TV Tuners

Games:

1. Game Explorer
2. Inbox Games
3. Premium Inbox Games

Hardware Support:

1. Floppy Disk Support
2. Infrared Support
3. Printer Support

Languages:

1. Removed ALL languages

Multimedia:

1. Media Center
2. Movie and DVD maker
3. Music and Video samples
4. Sample Pictures
5. Screensavers
6. Shell event sounds
7. Slideshow
8. Sound Recorder
9. Wallpapers
10. Windows Aero Theme
11. Windows Calendar
12. Windows Photo Gallery

Network:

1. Connect to a Network Projector
2. Remote Desktop and Assistance
3. Remote Desktop Client
4. Windows Collaboration
5. Windows Mail

Services:

1. Computer Browser
2. Desktop Window Manager
3. Error Reporting
4. IPsec Policy Agent
5. ReadyBoost
6. Remote Registry
7. Windows Search
8. Windows Time

System:

1. Beep
2. Digital Locker
3. Disk Defragmenter
4. Disk Quota
5. Guided Help
6. Help
7. IMAPIv2 Burning Support
8. Manual Install (Setup.exe)
9. Microsoft Agent
10. Natural Language
11. Parental Controls
12. Performance Counters
13. Reliability and Performance Monitor
14. Run a legacy CPL elevated
15. Security Center
16. Sync Center
17. Tablet PC
18. User Account Control (UAC)
19. Windows Backup
20. Windows Defender
21. Windows Easy Transfer
22. Windows SAT (Performance Index)

Tweaks:
Security:

1. Disabled [AntiSpyware Realtime Protection]
2. Default [DEP (Data Execution Prevention)]
3. Disabled [User Account Control (UAC)]

System:

1. Disabled [AutoPlay]
2. Hibernation [Off]
3. Memory requirement [256MB]
4. Disabled [Paging Executive]
5. Power button [Sleep]
6. Power scheme [High performance]
7. Sleep button [Sleep]

Explorer:

1. Enabled [Control Panel - Classic View]
2. Yes [Show extensions for known file types]
3. Yes [Show hidden files and folders]
4. Yes [Show protected operating system files]

Internet Explorer:

1. Enabled [IE Phising Filter]
2. Enabled [Phishing Verification Ballon Tips]

NOTE: I would like to disable more services, but fear for my programs not working because of a service, I am not removing any more services. Instead of removing more services, I plan on using speedyvista.net (Windows Vista Minimal Settings)

If I have both of those enabled will it still work?

Problem solved of Network and Sharing center's lovely error, " The page failed to load." You do need both Network Explorer and Event log for the Network and Sharing Center to work. Check my list above of all the items I removed if you are unsure about removing a component. I am able to access Network and Sharing Center even after removing all of those components.

Great!

Did you ever find out what solved this? If so, please let me know.
I get this error too and it is annoying the hell out of me, because it causes Bluetooth, Wifi, Sharing to not function properly. This was NOT what I expected after having carefully selected items to keep in my Vista vlited version.

Ultimately it seems you should NOT remove Windows Mediaplayer or anything DRM related, and you should not remove TerminalServices of any kind. I have vlited Vista Business x64, most things are fine, except stuff related to those. Windows Vista without WMP is full of weird errors that are not easy to solve.

To be honest, I don't feel like re-creating yet another vlited vista and installing that. Is there a way to post-install the entire WMP and TerminalServices in an already running Vista? How do I undo the removal of Windows internal items?

I know this is old but i saw it and it bothered me because it is not true ... I removed SAT and Flip3d and the taskabar previews are still all there ... Maybe you aren't running the AERO theme

You can download media player 11 from microsoft download center, and i seem to remember installing it fine after removing wmp stuff from vlite. Not sure about if you removed the drm services. As for the qutil file problem, i think the problem was fixed in a more recent version of vlite but if you dont want to reinstall i think i fixed it by copying the cscapi.dll and ndfapi.dll files back from the original install.wim (extracted with 7zip i believe).

As for terminal services....... i really cant remember whats safe and not to remove... and i dont think you can reinstall missing things from the download center...

Sorry about all the "i think"s but it's been quite some time!!



Yeah at the time i didnt know i only had to manually choose the aero theme since removing sat only forces basic vista theme.

Show me where, because I don't see a Windows Vista x64 WMP download anywhere. I doubt that the XP x64 WMP will install in Vista x64.

I'm using wmp 32bit in vista x64 without any issues..... but if you want to try it out, just download the one for xp x64 and... try it out maybe?

Just to inform you, I'm working to try and find out what service makes this error appear and will post back here with my results.

Services Tested :
Computer Browser Passed
DHCP Client Passed
Diagnostics Failed
Distributed Link Tracking Client Passed
Distributed Transaction Coordinator Passed
Remote Registry Passed
Windows Remote Management Passed
Windows Search Passed

[edit] Keep Diagnostics and you should be good to go.

I had this problem in the past, I'm not completely sure but for me I slipstremed SP1 using vlite and that created this problem. Then I acquired SP1 already intergrated by Microsoft, then I removed the same components and I don't have the problem.

I don't know if it is only me that has this slipstream problem, but if you slipstremed as well...

Read Below

I have found that

"Diagnostics"

will cause the "The Page Failed to Load" error.

This is one service that will make the error happen. I have not tested all the other services so if you encounter the error with Diagnostics enabled please reply.

Good luck

ps : Windows Vista x64

What a stroke of luck! I came to search about the Network And Sharing Center problem, and there was the answer staring me in the face. Thanks for nudging it back to the, Popcorn. I have a working network again.

Diagnostics did not do it for me. I can't believe I need to enable the Event Log. Jees!

Should it still be possible to connect to a wireless network. When I go to Network then click on the top bar (where it says "Click to connect") I can see my router and I double click to connect but it immediately comes back saying it can't connect. Is that because of Event Log as well?

Ok so it's not Event Log either. Anyone got any suggestions?