Re: Networking Headache

From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 11/20/04 

Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 16:17:12 -0700

In article <D2BD39F5-D7A4-4455-8EF2-5B81CC6C4C97@microsoft.com>,
"Geekaye" <Geekaye@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Hi everyone! I have a laptop running windows me and a desktop running winxp
>sp1(an evaluation version). I share my DSL internet connection via a wireless
>Netgear router/modem. I ran the networking wizards on both machines(numerous
>times) and the laptop can remote into the xp desktop and everything, but the
>stupid xp desktop sees the MSHOME workgroup, even the laptop itself, but as
>soon as I click on the laptop icon to see all the shared files, I'm told I
>can't bloody do it because I may not have access permissions! Doing my head
>in this is! I've trawled the web looking for answers and tried lots of stuff:
>turned off all firewalls, enabled NetBIOS over TCP, created a new shared
>folder, changed login usernames/passwords to match, checked user permissions,
>da da da! still no chance of getting into my beloved laptop!
>I can't believe I'm stuck in my flat because of this on a Saturday nite.
>Before I installed xp, the desktop ran Win98 which worked lovely!
>
>I beg, any help out there guys?

1. If the computers run the original or SP1 versions of Windows XP,
disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall on local area
network connections -- it's for use only on a direct modem connection
to the Internet. If they run SP2, enable the exception for file and
printer sharing in the Windows Firewall. Disable and un-install all
other firewall programs while troubleshooting. When un-installing a
firewall program, use the un-install procedure provided by the
manufacturer . Don't use Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs,
which might not completely un-install it.

For more information, see:

Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/ic_firewall.htm

2. Use only one protocol for File and Printer Sharing. If the network
needs more than one protocol, unbind File and Printer Sharing from all
but one of them. Details here:

Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/network_protocols.htm

3. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers.
Details here:

Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/netbt.htm

4. Run "ipconfig /all" on XP 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)
Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see.  I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
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