Re: Home LAN : XP Pro SP2 - passwords ? Master browser ?

On Tue, 3 May 2005 20:38:25 +0200, "Pete" <no@xxxxxx> wrote:

<BIG SNIP>

>Chuck,
>
>In addition to registry key "restrictanymous", there is also
>restrictanymoussam which is set to "1". Is this important ?
>
>Thanks
>
>Peter

Peter,

The Guest account is the Windows equivalent of anonymous access, and has no
administrative authority. Browstat needs administrative authority to retrieve
the browser build information (which is in the registry). The "error = 5"
(access denied") is normal in this case.

The good news is that you don't have a browser conflict - all 3 computers see
Agnes as the master browser.

But, if you have verified that restrictanonymous (and not restrictanonymoussam,
which is irrelevant here, though good try) is "0" on all 3 computers, then we
still have a problem, if the server list isn't complete.

What personal firewalls do you have on each computer? What AntiVirus products?

Let's do some diagnostics here, and identify the scope of the problem.

Take the following code (everything inside the "#####"). (Please verify
computer names and ip addresses).

Open Notepad. Ensure that Format - Word Wrap is not checked. Highlight then
Copy the code (Ctrl-C), precisely as it is presented, and Paste (Ctrl-V) into
Notepad. Verify, and correct, names and addresses if necessary.
Save the Notepad file as "cdiag.cmd", as type "All Files", into the root folder
"C:\".
Run it by Start - Run - "c:\cdiag".
Wait patiently.
When Notepad opens up displaying c:\cdiag.txt, first check Format and ensure
that Word Wrap is NOT checked! Then, copy the entire contents (Ctrl-A Ctrl-C)
and paste (Ctrl-V) into your next post.

Do this from all computers, please, with all computers powered up and online.

#####

@echo off
set FullTarget1=D7285M1J 192.168.0.166
set FullTarget2=AGNES 192.168.0.1
set FullTarget3=Peter 192.168.0.234
set FullTarget4=
set FullTargets=%FullTarget1% %FullTarget2% %FullTarget3% %FullTarget4%
set FullTargets=%FullTargets% 127.0.0.1
set PingTargets=www.yahoo.com 66.94.230.32
Set Version=V1.31
@echo CDiagnosis %Version% >c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Start diagnosis for %computername% >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Full Targets %FullTargets% >>c:\cdiag.txt
for %%a in (%FullTargets%) do (
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Target %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo "%computername% ping %%a" >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
ping %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo "%computername% net view %%a" >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
net view %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt
)
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Ping Targets %PingTargets% >>c:\cdiag.txt
for %%a in (%PingTargets%) do (
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Target %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo "%computername% ping %%a" >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
ping %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt
)
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo End diagnosis for %computername% >>c:\cdiag.txt
notepad c:\cdiag.txt
:EOF

#####

--
Cheers,
Chuck
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not necessarily a bad thing - it comes from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.
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