Re: Network Access Denied

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From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 11/05/04 

Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 05:42:03 -0800

Terry wrote:

> Have long done that, still no luck

Well, of course since you didn't tell us that, there was no way of
knowing. Without actually seeing the machines, it is hard to give a
specific answer. Here are places to check - and yes, you should check
them *again* for typos and just to be sure.

1. All machines in same workgroup
2. All machines have unique computer names
3. All machines on same subnet (192.168.1.xxx, etc.)
4. No machine has the same computer name as a user account (i.e., if you
have a user account "Terry", don't have a computer named "Terry")
5. All firewalls should have the lan added to be trusted. Since you are
using SP2, if you are using a third-party firewall make sure the
Windows firewall is *off* - it may be turned on without you being aware
of it.
6. Simple sharing turned off.
7. Identical user accounts and passwords created on all machines. Check
to make sure the spelling/case of the user accounts matches, and make
sure all passwords match.
8. Create desired shared resources and make sure permissions to use
those resources are properly set.
9. Since you have a mixed network - and for better network security -
the XP Guest account should be disabled if it is not already. I believe
Win2k's Guest account is disabled by default.

That's about it, although here are links to excellent network sites. You
might want to start with Hans-Georg Michna's network troubleshooter:

http://www.michna.com/kb/wxnet.htm - Small Network Troubleshooter by
Hans-Georg Michna
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/
http://www.wown.info/
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/

>> Terry wrote:
>>
>> > No, this didn't work. I read in a post here, something about
>> > lanmanserver and stacks but can't seem to locate it now. Seems the
>> > poster there had the same problem I am having now.

You may be thinking of the lanman parameters setting. Changing this is
totally unnecessary unless you are on a domain connecting to a server,
which you presumably are not.

>> >> On 11/4/2004 5:13 PM On a whim, Terry pounded out on the keyboard
>> >>
>> >> > I cannot access my main PC from any of my other PC's on the
>> >> > network but can access the other PC's from the main PC. The main
>> >> > PC is running XP Pro the
>> >> > other's are running XP Pro and WIndows 2000. All PC's can use
>> >> > the internet through my router and print to the printer, both of
>> >> > which are connected to the main PC.
>> >> >
>> >> > When trying to access shared files on the main PC I get an
>> >> > Access Denied error, I can see the main PC on the network, I
>> >> > just can't access it.
>> >> >
>> >> > I have SP2 installed.

Malke 

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