Another File Sharing Problem between XP Pro and Home

[Guest]

I'm experiencing a similiar problem to many of the threads. Any help would be
appreciated.

PC1 - XP Home
PC2 - XP Pro (SFS is enabled)
Both are connected through a linksys router (obtain IP)
Both reach the internet just fine.
Both have the same workgroup name with seperate computer names.

I created the workgroup on PC1 1st.
I rebuilt PC2 from the ground up this afternoon and set its workgroup to
match PC1
All settings seem to match all suggestions in similiar threads.

PC1 (XP Home) Sees the entire workgroup (Windows Explorer) both PC1 & PC2.
Can access all shared files on PC1 and PC2. (Works as expected)

PC2 (XP Pro) can't seem to see the workgroup. when I attempt to access the
workgroup in any manner i get the following errror msg....

"<workgroup name> is not accessible. You might not have permission to use
this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out
if you have access permissions.
The network path was not found."

Any thoughts?

 

[Malke]

I'm experiencing a similiar problem to many of the threads. Any help
would be appreciated.

PC1 - XP Home
PC2 - XP Pro (SFS is enabled)
Both are connected through a linksys router (obtain IP)
Both reach the internet just fine.
Both have the same workgroup name with seperate computer names.

I created the workgroup on PC1 1st.
I rebuilt PC2 from the ground up this afternoon and set its workgroup
to match PC1
All settings seem to match all suggestions in similiar threads.

PC1 (XP Home) Sees the entire workgroup (Windows Explorer) both PC1 &
PC2. Can access all shared files on PC1 and PC2. (Works as expected)

PC2 (XP Pro) can't seem to see the workgroup. when I attempt to access
the workgroup in any manner i get the following errror msg....

"<workgroup name> is not accessible. You might not have permission to
use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to
find out if you have access permissions.
The network path was not found."

Any thoughts?

Make identical user accounts and passwords on each machine. Share out
resources as desired and check to make sure permissions are set
accordingly. Does this help?

Malke

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I'm experiencing a similiar problem to many of the threads. Any help would be
appreciated.

PC1 - XP Home
PC2 - XP Pro (SFS is enabled)
Both are connected through a linksys router (obtain IP)
Both reach the internet just fine.
Both have the same workgroup name with seperate computer names.

I created the workgroup on PC1 1st.
I rebuilt PC2 from the ground up this afternoon and set its workgroup to
match PC1
All settings seem to match all suggestions in similiar threads.

PC1 (XP Home) Sees the entire workgroup (Windows Explorer) both PC1 & PC2.
Can access all shared files on PC1 and PC2. (Works as expected)

PC2 (XP Pro) can't seem to see the workgroup. when I attempt to access the
workgroup in any manner i get the following errror msg....

"<workgroup name> is not accessible. You might not have permission to use
this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out
if you have access permissions.
The network path was not found."

Any thoughts?

1. If the computers run the original or SP1 versions of Windows XP,
disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall on local area
network connections -- it's for use only on a direct modem connection
to the Internet. If they run SP2, enable the exception for file and
printer sharing in the Windows Firewall. Disable and un-install all
other firewall programs while troubleshooting. When un-installing a
firewall program, use the un-install procedure provided by the
manufacturer . Don't use Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs,
which might not completely un-install it.

For more information, see:

Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/ic_firewall.htm

2. Use only one protocol for File and Printer Sharing. If the network
needs more than one protocol, unbind File and Printer Sharing from all
but one of them. Details here:

Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/network_protocols.htm

3. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers.
Details here:

Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/netbt.htm

4. Run "ipconfig /all" on XP and look at the "Node Type" at the
beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should
actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that the
computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on a
peer-to-peer network, for NetBIOS name resolution.

If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key:

HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters

and delete these values if they're present:

NodeType
DhcpNodeType

Reboot, then try network access again.

If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD
value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for
"Mixed".

For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;160177

TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314053
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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