Re: Connectcomputer

From: Bradley Dinerman [MVP - Windows Networking] (NewsPost_at_DoNotSpam.neisg.org.DoNotSpam)
Date: 10/26/04


Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:35:01 -0400

Lisle,

Is the workstation running XP with SP-2? If so, please temporarily
disable Windows Firewall and then retry your ping tests.

Thank you,
Brad Dinerman

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Bradley J. Dinerman, MVP - Windows Server Systems
Chair, New England Information Security Group
http://www.neisg.org

Lisleb wrote:
> I recently installed SBS 2003 premium edition and all my work stations worked
> fine. I then install Symantec Antivirus 9.0 to the server and deployed it to
> four of the work stations. I did a scan on each computer and all went well.
> The next day one of the workstation is not able to log on to the server. I
> can ping the server and other client from that computer" WSXP2", but I cannot
> ping "WSXP2" from the server or the othe computer. I tried
> //server/connectcomputer and get server not found or dns error. I also get
> error 8003 in the event monitor. How do I resolve this problem. Thanks.
> lisle