Re: Accessability problems between computers in Windows XP Home wo

On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 09:43:09 -0800, "jetro57070"
<jetro57070@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"Chuck" wrote:
>
>> On 3 Nov 2005 22:04:46 -0800, "afnetman" <lundnixon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >Chuck,
>> >
>> >Thanks for your advice on diagnosing the problems, that is what I have
>> >been trying to do for the past two months and I am getting nowhere.
>> >That is what I thought these usergroups were for, to help when you just
>> >can't get things working.
>> >I have setup the guest account according to your instruction above and
>> >have turned off the only firewall on the systems (Windows Firewall).
>> >Still no luck I always get the same problem. I have seen a lot of
>> >other with this problem as well and after contacting several people
>> >about his they said they had to upgrade to XP Pro to fix this problem.
>> >Any other suggestions?
>> >
>> >Jerry
>>
>> Jerry,
>>
>> As Malke suggested, check very carefully for a third party firewall on a
>> computer. That's a very common scenario here.
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html
>>
>> If you can't find any such item, then let's try diagnosing the problem. Start
>> with diagnostic tools "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all".
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html

>I have this same problem and it is not the third party firewall, I have also
>been ripping my hair out for several months, have bought a new router, and
>re-loaded the software to no avail. the browstat status message tells me
>that there is no master browser active, so this is the reason, but I have no
>idea how to enable the master browser I tried to force it once in the
>registry and that didnt work either, and since multiple people are having the
>same problem, it is a microsoft problem probably some configuration thing,
>but they should address the problem in stead of leaving people hanging.

Jetro,

This is NOT the problem, it is a symptom. There are actually several possible
problems causing this set of symptoms, and the problems have to be diagnosed.

Microsoft is addressing these problems, but they cannot address all of the
problems simultaneously.

Based upon the fact that there are no 2 computers in the world (outside of major
corporations with very restrictive configuration and use policies) that are
identical, it is highly difficult, if not impossible, for Microsoft to fix each
problem simultaneously. We try to help here, but you have to do US the favour
of reporting your problem, and working with us.

I'm sorry you've been ripping your hair out. Mine is long gone. :-(

If we have been unable to help you in the past, I apologise. I personally try
not to refuse to help anybody who is patient enough. Help us to help you. And
help us to help others.

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
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