Re: Networking help please
- From: Chuck <none@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 4 Apr 2005 08:47:04 -0500
On 4 Apr 2005 05:09:39 -0700, manpreet1@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>Hi people, I'm having some major problems with home networking, and
>can't see any way out.
>I have a home 802.11g network, with two PCs (one running XP home, SP2;
>and the other running XP pro SP1) and one laptop (running XP home,
>SP2.)
>These are networked through a belkin wireless router.
>
>All three computers are configured for internet access and fiel
>sharing, and all three can go online.
>
>The problem comes with trying to file share - although I have enabled
>file sharing of My documents on all the computers:
>
>All three computers can access files on the PC running XP home; but
>they can't access the PC running XP pro, or the Laptop, running XP
>home. You can view all three computers on the workgroup, but when you
>try to access them, the error:
>
>"\\laptop 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.
>
>Access is denied."
>
>I can, however, ping all three computers, from cmd.
>
>All three computers are running Zone Alarm firewall, but i get the same
>error if I disable the firewall (both zone alarm, and the XP firewall)
>on all the computers.
>
>This seems to be a fairly common problem online, and i've tried all the
>solutions that i've come across, including trying to access them
>directly, through typing in \\laptop in the run command line.
>I've also tried disabling simple file sharing on the XP pro PC;
>checking access rights on the XP pro PC (these are set to all users,)
>Running the netsh command line tool on all the computers running SP2
>Running the ntrights command line tool on all the computers
>
>I've also enabled guest accounts on all the computers, they all have
>user accounts with the same user name and password as well
>
>Please help, i've been trying to get this sorted out for days, and it's
>really annoying me!
>
>cheers,
>Manpreet
Manpreet,
The error "...not accessible...access is denied" can have several causes.
Depending upon what the cause is, you'll have to fix each one. You can't just
try one thing on then off.
You also can't run both Zone Alarm and Windows Firewall at the same time. And
disabling Zone Alarm causes problems sometimes.
Please start by un installing Zone Alarm, completely.
http://nh2.nohold.net/noHoldCust25/Prod_1/Articles55646/CompleteUninstallNonNT.html
http://www.donhoover.net/uninstall.html
Next, disable Windows Firewall.
On the XP Pro computer, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel -
Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Pro
on a LAN with XP Home, you need to have SFS enabled.
On XP Home, and on XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that the
Guest account is enabled, on each computer. Enable Guest, with Start - Run -
"cmd", then type "net user guest /active:yes" in the command window. Ensure
that the password for Guest is blank, with Start - Run - "control
userpasswords2"; select Guest, click Reset Password, click OK without entering a
new password.
On XP Pro, if you're going to use Guest authentication, check your Local
Security Policy (Control Panel - Administrative Tools) - User Rights Assignment,
on the XP Pro computer, and look at "Deny access to this computer from the
network". Make sure Guest is not in the list. Look at "Access this computer
from the network", and make sure that Everyone is in this list.
Finally, check for a browser conflict. 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>
--
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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