Re: One PC missing from workgroup
- From: Chuck <none@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 16 Sep 2005 09:42:02 -0500
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 22:34:01 +1000, "TonyG" <*email_address_deleted*> wrote:
>"TonyG" <tgilbert @ ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
>news:eUmo9hpuFHA.2960@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> An odd problem has popped up. Like so many others, I am trying to resolve
>> file sharing problems in Win XP. I have three machines on a workgroup - 2
>> XP Pro and 1 Win 2K. One XP Pro runs ICS and acts as a gateway for the
>> others to the net (cable). For convenience I will call them XP ICS, XP2
>> and W2K. Hope that makes sense.
>>
>> All I really want to do is let XP2 and W2K share the printer on XP ICS.
>> That's been my objective for months now, as I work through all the
>> different suggestions for this problem.
>>
>> Right now, XP2 seems to have disappeared from the workgroup in some views.
>> I can browse its shares from XP ICS and from W2K (which is great). But
>> when I browse Network Neighbourhood from XP ICS, XP2 is not there. From
>> XP2, all three are visible. The Computer Browser from XP ICS also shows
>> only XP ICS and W2K.
>>
>> Any thoughts on how to get XP2 to show in the NN again?
>>
>> Any thoughts on how to share the printer would also be very well received,
>> of course. I am just in the process of trying a change to Local Policy
>> (let everyone permissions apply to anonymous users) and will advise if
>> this makes any difference.
>>
>> TonyG
>I'd like to add some new information from tonight's testing. The problems
>listed still remain, despite trying all of the fixes listed elsewhere in
>this newsgroup. The interesting thing I did discover is that Remote Desktop
>from XP2 to XP IPC will work! So there is no network problem there, just a
>simple security problem. By turning off Simple File Sharing and playing with
>share permissions, I was able to get the problem to change in nature, from
>Error 5 on browse to asking for a username/password. Even though I was
>logged in on both machines with the same user/pw combination, it would not
>allow me to connect.
>
>Is there any way to add a user from another machine to security list? I
>mean, all the users I can choose from are from the "mycomputer" folder. Why
>can't I add users from the "myothercomputer" folder - ie, the users folder
>on "myothercomputer"?
>
>It's also interesting that, while I can connect quite OK from one machine to
>another in Computer Management, and can view some settings, most are also
>denied with "Error 5".
>
>Does anyone have some "outside the box" thoughts?
>
>TonyG
Tony,
It's good that you are willing to research your problem based upon what's been
experienced by others. But when you describe your efforts as "trying all of the
fixes listed elsewhere", that doesn't help anybody.
Your symptom is based upon the browser, which is the subsystem that populates
the display in Network Neighborhood. What you have is called a browser
conflict. Read about the browser, and conflicts.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html>
Also, try troubleshooting your problem from the bottom up.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html>
And, in general, about solving networking problems.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html>
--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
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