Re: XP Home cannot see XP Pro

On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 19:00:24 -0400, "Roger Tregelles" <rogert@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Roger,
>>
>> Please start by un installing both firewalls. Totally. Follow all
>> instructions
>> of each vendor. Then run LSP / Winsock repair.
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html>
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/problems-with-lsp-winsock-layer-in.html>
>>
>> Are you actually reading all articles?

>Chuck,
>
>Yes, I have been throughly reading all of the excellent and through articles
>you've given me links to. I've tried all of the solutions presented and
>checked all of the settings mentioned and still cannot get the problem
>resolved. You mentioned uninstalling both firewalls. I only have the Windows
>XP firewall currently. I uninstalled the entire McAffee Security Suite some
>time ago and I only have the bare bones version of Norton Anti-Virus on my
>system without their Firwall. Do you want me to uninstall Norton Anti-Virus
>anyway? I've disabled and re-enabled the Windows firewall several times and
>no effect. I ran the Windows XP LSP/Winsock program, rebooted the PC and
>still nothing. I read another post where it was recommended to run msconfig
>and disable all non Microsoft services and perform a selective start up to
>see if possibly something being loaded is causing the problem. I'm going to
>try that out now. What would you next suggest that I try to remedy my
>problem here? Again, thanks so much for your time and help with this.
>
>Roger

Roger,

If you will examine the CDiag output, you will notice but one, symmetric,
symptom. Neither Rogers-P4 nor XPS-GEN4 show XPS-GEN4 in the ad-hoc browse
list. Now, if we had a third computer to run the tests on, we could confirm
this, but with just these two, I have to suspect that there is a problem with
file sharing (the server service) on XPS-GEN4.

When this sort of symptom has been seen in the past, the most common cause is an
LSP / Winsock problem. With the LSP / Winsock corruption problem, there are 6
known solutions, and none of the 6 are known to be 100% effective. And you can
only try one at a time, and when it's fixed, that's it, so no possibility of
comparing solutions to see if one is better than the others. You have to try
all 6, one at a time.

LSP / Winsock problems are generally suspected as being caused by bad software,
such as third party firewalls. Norton Personal Firewall is one known cause of
this problem, though Norton Antivirus (if JUST NAV) is probably not a cause of
this problem.

If it's not an LSP / Winsock problem, then I'd suspect the server service, or
the File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks network component. I would
try the following procedure:
1) Un install the FPSMN component.
2) Restart the system.
3) Un install the drivers for the network card.
4) Restart the system.
5) Install the network card.
6) Restart the system.
7) Re install FPSMN.
8) Restart the system.

Steps 1 and 7 being the essential ones, the others being debatable. Based upon
experience, I would do 1,2,7,8 at minimum.

--
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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