Re: XP Home and local area network

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From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 12/21/04 

Date: 21 Dec 2004 01:52:06 -0600

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 05:43:36 GMT, chris@bellsouth.net wrote:

>Well Chuck I think you've hit the nail on the head, BUT Now that I've been
>back to the client's home and seen the results from the browstat test I know
>I don't have a master browser. I don't have any browser.
>
>“Status for the domain MSHOME on transport \device\NetBt_Tcp”……blah blah
>blah… “Browsing service is not active on this domain”.
>
>“Master browser cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus”.
>
>The services you brought to my attention are and were already running
>correctly. I also went through Carey Holzman's checklist of XP home
>networking bumper to bumper. Machines have been shut down and restarted to
>no avail.
>
>How hard can it be to share a few files and a couple of printers on a home
>network already using a common Internet gateway?
>
>I am going back on Tuesday at 3pm CST. Your help is appreciated and very
>welcome.
>
>
>TIA
>Chris

Chris,

It's not hard to share files, on computers properly setup. The trick is finding
how to properly set them up.

Look at registry key [HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa], value
restrictanonymous.
<http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/default.asp?url=/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/regentry/46688.asp>
<http://www.jsifaq.com/subf/tip2600/rh2625.htm>
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=246261
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296403

The above articles refer to Windows 2000. Remember WinXP is NT V5.1, and Win2K
is NT V5.0.

Have you used the Registry Editor before? If not, it's a scary tool, but it's
pretty simple once you get used to it. Here are a couple articles that might
help:
<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/default.asp?url=/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/tools_regeditors.asp>
<http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/registry>

Just remember to backup the key (create a registry patch) for
[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa] before making any changes, if
appropriate.

>From the Annoyances article:
You can create a Registry patch by opening the Registry Editor, selecting a
branch, and choosing Export from the File menu. Then, specify a filename, and
press OK. You can then view the Registry patch file by opening it in Notepad
(right-click on it and select Edit). Again, just double-click on a Registry
patch file (or use Import in the Registry Editor's File menu) to apply it to the
registry.

Also look at the value everyoneincludesanonymous in the same registry key.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=278259

If that doesn't help, provide some diagnostic information here.

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, make sure that Format - Word Wrap is
NOT checked!, copy and paste entire contents into your next post. Identify
operating system (by name, version, and SP level) with each ipconfig listing.

Please provide browstat information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "browstat status >c:\browstat.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\browstat.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post. 

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

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