Unable to Access Workgroup Computer

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This problem is happening on only one of the XP computers on my peer-to-peer network. When I "View workgroup computers", all of my networked computers appear. However, if I double click on most of them, I get an error: '\\Server is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The network path was not found."

The problem is not on \\server as it is accessible from any other computer on the network (so it is not a Server permissions issue, as the error suggests.) If I Start | Run \\Server, I get the same error. If I Start | Run \\192.168.1.88 (the corect IP address), I get to the server and everything works fine.

The problem just started intermittently yesterday. I have replaced the TCP/IP stack several times, per Microsoft KB articles, and nothing has changed.

I originally thought the problem was NBT, but since I can see all of the computers, I think the problem is elsewhere. Help!
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