Something keeps turning Password Protected Sharing back on

Randy31416

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I've got a new Win 8.1 computer (Surface Pro 3), and on that computer, as an adiministrator, I turn off Password Protected Sharing for my network (Control Panel -> Network and Sharing Center -> Advanced sharing settings -> All networks). Once this is done, the other computers on the LAN have good access to the disks I have shared. However, when my new computer sleeps and wakes up, or even sometimes if I merely close the cover and open it, something has reset the password protected sharing option and turned it back on. The other computers no longer can access the shared data. I have to open up the control panel (as above) and turn password protected sharing off. Again. Many times a day.

How do I get this option to stick the way I set it?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1
Internet Security software would be my first guess. Otherwise, may be that Windows 8 is updating from the stored profile on microsoft's servers.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Linux Mint 17.2
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite C850D-st3nx1
    CPU
    AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon (tm) HD Graphics 1.40 GHZ
    Memory
    12GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon™ HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    Crucial M500 240GB SSD
    Mouse
    Logitech M525
    Internet Speed
    45/6 - ATT U-Verse
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    None needed. It is Linux.
    Other Info
    Arris NVG589 Gateway; Router - Cisco RV320; Switch - Netgear GS108 8-Port Switch & Trendnet TEG-S50g 5-Port Switch; Access Points - Engenius ECB350, Trendnet TEW-638APB; NAS - Lenovo ix2-4; Printer - Brother HL-2280DW; Air Print Server - Lantronix XPrintServer

    A/V UPS - Tripp-Lite Smart 1500LCD 1500 Va/900 W.
There is no internet security software on this system other than the Windows Defender that is part of Windows 8.1 itself (nothing Norton or any body else), and there are no Microsoft accounts on this computer (so Micorsoft is not (had better not be) restoring a configuration for me. Somethng in plain Windows 8.1 is coming along and changing that setting on me behind my back.

In other threads on password protected sharing people mention that the state of the Guest account can affect things, and say that the Guest account should both have no password and be disabled. These are both true of Guest on this system.

A second question (perhaps I should ask in a different thread, but if this thread gets an answer then the second question does not need one) is this: is there any known command-line command, or other automatable command, that I can run as administrator hat will manipulate this switch? If so, then I can detect that it is wrong and fix it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1
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