Re: cant access network neighborhood in win xp

From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 08/13/04


Date: 13 Aug 2004 14:20:17 -0500

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 08:52:57 -0700, <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>the gateway e-3400 I am using will not access microsoft
>network no matter what i do. i have done a clean install.
>no firewall checked. even tried wins servers . accessing
>the internet works fine. client for microsoft networks
>loaded . using static ip . put other machines on the
>workgroup . they are seen fine. assume the browse master
>is working fine. get the error "[Workgroup] 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."

On any XP Pro computer, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel -
Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Pro,
you need to have SFS properly set on each computer.

With XP Pro, if SFS is disabled, check the Local Security Policy (Control Panel
- Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic -
local users authenticate as themselves".

With XP Pro, if you set the Local Security Policy to "Guest only", make sure
that the Guest account is enabled, thru Local User Manager (Start - Run -
"lusrmgr.msc"), and has an identical, non-blank, password on all computers. If
"Classic", setup and use a common non-Guest account, with identical, non-blank,
password on all computers.

For XP Home, OR for XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that the
Guest account is enabled (for XP Pro, thru Local User Manager (Start - Run -
"lusrmgr.msc")), on each computer.

For more possibilities, see the Microsoft article:
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=87c0a6db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en>

The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers you have in your
domain / workgroup, at any time.
<http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=188305>

You can download Browstat from:
<http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
<http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip>

Browstat is very small (40K), needs no install, and runs from the command
prompt. Just drop it onto a couple workstations, and run it.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.



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