Re: Cannot Connect to Shares on Win XP Home edition

From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 11/22/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 01:23:41 -0700

In article <6C21909F-52DA-49CD-8E1A-29D929FB05C7@microsoft.com>, LPO
<LPO@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Have a laptop from work running Win2k, can't access printer or shares on my
>Windows XP home machine.
>When I attempt to access the share, I get:
>no logon servers available to service the logon request
>
>I am connected via a linksys broadband router/switch, running Zone Alarm Pro
>on the XP computer, with the Linksys network Trusted.
>
>Both computers are running NetBIOS over TCP/IP
>I have verified that the browser service is running on the xp machine
>I have verified that the guest account is active on the XP machine.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Here is ipconfig from the XP machine:
>
>Windows IP Configuration
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : 7c91011
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : wi.rr.com
>
>Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : wi.rr.com
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys LNE100TX(v5) Fast Ethernet Adapter
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-5A-84-05-5F
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.94.163.32
> 24.94.163.33
> 24.94.165.132
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, November 21, 2004 7:57:59 PM
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, November 22, 2004 7:57:59 PM

Run the Network Setup Wizard on the XP computer -- that usually fixes
the problem. Tell the Wizard that it connects to the Internet through
a residential gateway.

If it doesn't, make sure that the Guest account is enabled for network
access by typing this line at a command prompt:

   net user guest /active:yes

Enabling the Guest account in Control Panel | User Accounts has
nothing to do with network access. 

-- 
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
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