Personal File Sharing on my eMac turns off by itself

I have three computers in my home office environment-- a eMac using Tiger fully updated--in fact it just came back from Apple Care doctors due to hard drive and memory issues-- (we think a power surge into my house caused it)--I also have a iBook-- four years old--running Tiger fully updated, but slow--- then I just got a MacBook running Leopard---- anyway I can get my laptops to network and share files, and I can get my eMac to connect to the laptops for file sharing, etc--- however, when I try to link the laptops to the eMac it hooks up for less than a minute, then I lose the connection--- it indicates issues with the connection, and on the MacBook yo use the link is gone. I go into the preferences in the eMac and see that the Personal File Sharing check box is no longer checked. I have tried resetting it, locking the preferences, etc. but I cannot get it to stay connected-- it is a minor issue, but one I would like to resolve--- thanks

Well, I have tried everything that you have indicated, including re-starting the eMac from the Tiger installer DVD and going to the Disc Utility and repairing the disc (nothing wrong) and repairing permissions-- lots needed corrections-- anyway, I still get the issue--- when I try to locate the eMac on the home netwrok, it looks like it hooks up for a second or so then I get a yellow triangle with an explanation mark in it saying the network is interrupted--and when I go into the system preferences the Personal File Sharing button is unchecked--- weird !!!
Ok, here are a couple of other interesting items-- when I go to the Go menu item and scroll down to the Network command, it will open a box for more than a split second the first time-- then not at all after that.
Secondly, when I do try to access the eMac, I do not ever get the little Connect to Server box asking for the short name and password to enter (??)-- also weird.
Any other suggestions--- this eMac was recently totally re-built-- new hard drive, new memory and new logic board-- (Seems I had a serious power surge in my office and it fried everything) -- I even had to re-install my printer and scanner software-- !!! Thanks for any suggestions.

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