Re: XP Home Networking Issue

From: Omar Odeh (Odeh_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/19/04 

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:45:02 -0700

Thanks for the advice but I'm still not having any luck. It's so strange
because both systems are running XP Home and the older system stays
stubbornly networked but the enwer computer just won't access the shared
volumes.

I uninstalled NetBeui

I ran an ipconfig/all

XP_Home1 had a node type of 'Hybrid'
XP_Home2 had a node type of 'None'

The values you said to delete were not in the registry so I created the
DWORD NodeType with a value of 4.

Now the node type on XP_Home2 is 'mixed'

Having said all that, XP_Home2 still is denied access whenever I try to
browse shared volumes. Very disappointing.

Any new advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Omar

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

> In article <C1E79E36-87A9-418C-B5A0-64FFEF576C7D@microsoft.com>, Omar
> Odeh <Omar Odeh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >I'm networking two computers running XP Home. I've followed all the
> >instructions and ran the Wizard.
> >
> >The computers see each other and all shared volumes. Only one computer can
> >actually access these volumes though. The other system gives an 'Acess
> >Denied' error.
> >
> >'Volume is not accessible' You might not have permission to access the
> >network resource.
> >
> >I've tried everything I can think of to make this share available but
> >nothing seems to break the lock. Is this a known issue or does anyone have
> >any advice? Should I install NetBEUI on the system that has access denied?
> >Does this make a difference?
> >
> >Is it a question of manually changing folder permissions in Safe mode on the
> >other computer?
> >
> >Any help appreciated. Thanks.
> >
> >-Omar
>
> No, don't add NetBEUI. "Access Denied" is a browsing or permissions
> problem, not a protocol problem. Adding a protocol could cause even
> more problems.
>
> Try un-sharing and re-sharing the inaccessible volume.
>
> Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on both computers:
>
> 1. Open the Network Connections folder.
> 2. Right click the local area network connection and click Properties.
> 3. Double click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
> 4. Click Advanced.
> 5. Click WINS.
> 6. Click the Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP button.
>
> Run "ipconfig /all" on both computers and look at the "Node Type" at
> the beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should
> actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that the
> computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on a
> peer-to-peer network, for NetBIOS name resolution.
>
> If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key:
>
> HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters
>
> and delete these values if they're present:
>
> NodeType
> DhcpNodeType
>
> Reboot, then try network access again.
>
> If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD
> value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for
> "Mixed".
>
> For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:
>
> Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;160177
>
> TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314053
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
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