Re: workgroup is not accessable; the network is not present or not

Have you used Event Viewer (eventvwr.exe) to see what events or error
messages are being logged?

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"jeffhobson" <jhobson(commercial_at)kc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:57524B45-ACCF-457B-8FAE-0CFC57151395@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thank you for your help. True, typing the net start commands showed all
> were
> already started except the workstation. When It tried to start the
> workstation, the error "a service-specific error has occured: ***" was
> returned. It seems that even the Microsoft system has no idea what the
> problem is! The underlying problem still exists. I would think the fact
> that
> I can ping anywhere, use the internet (as I am now) and all the other
> machines can see and use the shares on this machine lends doubt to the
> faulty
> adapter/driver theory. The "device Mangler" shows that the device is
> working
> correctly; the driver is the latest available from the network card
> manufacturer's website. Some where, some thing is not working as it
> should,
> that is clear to me. I think there is an underlying software element that
> is
> not set up correctly or somehow became corrupted. Is there a clue in the
> error codes or is there a command sequence I can enter to shed more light
> on
> this problem and its' cause?
>
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
>>
>> "jeffhobson" <jhobson(commercial_at)kc.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:1B207EBE-71D9-4BED-A553-DEB5A4AD7BFE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Situation: 6 machines runnning win98 and win2k. have a wins sxerver
>> machine
>> > with all the addresses in it. all have shares for the entire network.
>> > all
>> the
>> > machines except one sees all the other shares. One machine (win2k)
>> displays
>> > the subject error when attempting to open network neighborhood. The
>> > other
>> > machines can see and access this one machine's shares with no problem.
>> > on
>> > this one machine, PING to others and the outside world works, as well
>> > as
>> > internet access. the workgroup name for all machines has been verified
>> > identical. the network address is not in conflict, there is no firewall
>> > program running, malware checks have turned up no problem. Removing and
>> > re-installing the network software has not solved the problem. NET
>> > SHARE
>> > shows the shares available. NET USE shows "Network not present or not
>> > started". NET START completes successfully without resolving the
>> > problem
>> >
>> > Errors in the event log are as follows:
>> >
>> > Workstation ---5727
>> > SCM --- 7024
>> > SCM --- 7001
>> > SCM --- 7001
>> > SCM --- 7026
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions and/or directions one may offer.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Your problem appears to be caused by a flaw in the networking
>> components on the Win2000 PC, as highlighted by the error
>> message "Network not present". This could be caused by a
>> faulty network adapter or a faulty network adapter driver -
>> check the Device Manager (Control Panel / System).
>>
>> The command "net start" will only list the current servies; it will
>> not start or fix anything. You can try and start the following
>> networking services manually although I suspect that they won't
>> start until you have fixed the underlying problem:
>>
>> net start "DHCP Client"
>> net start "DNS Client"
>> net start "Network Connections"
>> net start "Server"
>> net start "Workstation"
>>
>>
>>


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