Re: Acessing computers over the network

From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 02/13/05 

Date: 12 Feb 2005 22:11:03 -0600

On 12 Feb 2005 18:15:23 -0800, *email_address_deleted* wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I just reformatted and reinstalled windows on my desktop and tablet pc,
>my desktop with xp pro and my tablet with xp tablet pc edition, a
>superset of xp pro. I have finally gotten around to setting up network
>sharing and have seem to run into a problem: I shared a drive on my
>desktop and a drive on my tablet, when I click on "view workgroup
>computers" to access my desktop I see the desktop and can access the
>share, but when I click on "view workgroup computers" on my desktop
>I can see the tablet, but when I click on it I'm told:
>
> "\\dan_tablet 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.
>
>The network path was not found."
>
>Any ideas why?
>
>Thanks for the help,
>
>Dan
>
>p.s
>
>I'm not using simple sharing on either computer, they both have the
>shares set up with everyone given full control, have tc\ip installed
>with "NetBios over Tcp/ip" enabled , have all firewalls turned off,
>and I'm using the administrator account of try and access one
>another.

Harry,

Check for a browser conflict between the two computers. I"m not talking about
Internet Explorer here. The browser is the program that allows any computer to
see any other computer on the LAN. On a LAN with two computers, you should run
a browser on just one.

Make sure the browser service is running on one of the computers. Control Panel
- Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser, and the
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both show with Status = Started. Stop, then
Disable the browser service on the other computer.

After checking / disabling / enabling as above, power both computers off, then
power both back on.

The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers (I'm not talking about
Internet Explorer here) you have in your domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305

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

Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded
file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command
window, by "browstat status". Make sure all computers list the same master
browser.
For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=231312
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/win95/w95brows.mspx>

The browser requires anonymous access, so look at registry key
[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa], value restrictanonymous, on both.
<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.

If no help yet, provide ipconfig information for each computer, and we'll
diagnose the problem.
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.

And Harry, posting your email address openly will get you more unwanted email,
than wanted email. Even GMail will eventually become overrun with spam. Learn
to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a bit safer when posting
to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the internet - read this
article.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm 

-- 
Cheers,
Chuck 
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
My        email         is          AT         DOT
   actual       address    pchuck       sonic      net.

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