Re: Connect to Printer / Network browsing problems
- From: "Paul Durdin" <pdurdin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 22:41:38 -0000
Hi
I have turned off just about everything that I can see - anti-virus,
firewall and anti-spyware - but there is no difference.
regards
Paul
"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Start by removing all firewall software until the network is working
> correctly and stable (on computers using the Windows XP firewall you may
> disable the firewall, all other firewall software must be uninstalled)
> then re-install/re-configure firewall software.
>
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> "Paul Durdin" <pdurdin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I have a small network consisting several Win XP Pro Machines and a Win 2K
>> Domain Controller using AD. Everything has been fine on the network until
>> recently, now I am getting the following problems;
>>
>> 1. I cannot print, or connect to a network printer. I can see the network
>> printers (attached to the server and other machines) when I browse using
>> the
>> 'Find a printer in the directory', but I cannot attach the printer - I
>> get a
>> 'Windows cannot connect to the printer' error. If I try to browse using
>> the
>> other options, or enter the printer names directly I again get the
>> 'Cannot
>> connect to the printer' error. Trying to print to a printer that is
>> already
>> attached, and which used to work, now gets a 'Cannot connect to printer
>> error', or (depending on the application) simply no message at all. Note
>> that most machines are able to print.
>>
>> 2. Mapped network drives: at least two of the machines have started to
>> show
>> Mapped Network drives as 'Disconnected Network Drive'. If I click on one
>> of
>> these drives I can 'open' the folder and access all of the files /
>> folders
>> therein, however the 'disconnected' label remains.
>>
>> 3. Browsing the domain: This now doesn't work. The domain is listed, but
>> apparently I have no permission - despite being domain admin!. If I try
>> to
>> map a drive a find that I cannot browse the domain, however I am able to
>> add
>> a mapped drive by entering the full path \\server\sharename, but still
>> the
>> 'disconnected' label remain on the new mapped drive.
>>
>> The machine with most problems was built from scratch a few weeks back
>> and
>> is fully patched
>> with all the latest updates. As I said before is has worked fine up until
>> a
>> couple of days back.
>>
>> As I said everything worked fine until recently. The only thing that I
>> have
>> done recently is to uninstall Norton Internet Security and install
>> Symantec
>> Client security and the Microsoft AntiSpyware, but I these symptoms
>> existed
>> on some machines before I did this. I suspect that some windows protocol
>> is
>> being blocked - but I am at a loss to know where to start looking.
>>
>> Any help would be gratefully received.
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>
>
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