Networking - Weird Bug

[tjasko5041]

Hi Everyone,

I have one the strangest bugs ever created; and no one else seems to get it.
I cannot detect any (very very few; not even my XP Machines, will explain
soon) of my computers on any network (wireless) I connect to. When I
installed Vista bare clean, it did detect my netword computers, even the XP
ones. But now, I feel like I should reinstall Vista. But, I really don't want
to restore all (I have over 40gb) of my data. That would just take forever.
Is there anyway at all to restore ALL Vista's Networking features/software to
normal. Or back to default. I cannot restore using System Restore. I have
been having this for about a month now, and it really messes me up! Over a
week of using it, I just cannot detect any of my Networks. I can in Ubuntu;
but not in Vista (my primary OS). I really love Windows. But, this is one of
the worst glitches I have ever had with it.

Is it possible to reinstall Vista's Network and Sharing Center? I really
want to detect my XP machines again. You might say, install LTDD (??) onto
the XP machines. Well, the problem is, it still does not work. When I was
using this PC a while ago, they were detected fine. But now, I cannot find
any PC (hardly any; dunno why) on my network. This even happens at my Local
Library. My friend searched, and he found over 200. I found only 5! Wow,
something is wrong, and I really would appreciate it if anyone would help me
fix this.

 

[tjasko5041]

By the way, this might help (In command prompt)

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net veiw 192.168.0.1, I get:

System error 53 has occuerred.
The network path was not found.
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Wow, I don't know what to do. This is on my laptop too by the way.

 

[tjasko5041]

SystemBy the way, this might help (In command prompt)

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net veiw 192.168.0.1, I get:

System error 53 has occuerred.
The network path was not found.
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Wow, I don't know what to do. This is on my laptop too by the way.

 

[GTS]

Are you able to connect to your wireless router and access the Internet
through your wireless card?

Error 53 means the network path was not found. If your connection
otherwise works, do you have a 3rd party firewall? If so, is it properly
configured? Can you ping another machine on your network by IP?

There are various possibilities but the starting point is to report whether
you have general connectivity.

 

[GTS]

Addendum
Posting the output of ipconfig /all would be helpful.

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[tjasko5041]

Yes, I am able to connect the the wireless router and access the internet
fine. No third party firewall. Actually, I just tried to ping my XPS; it
worked fine. Now, how do I get this to work...

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!

Taylor Jasko

 

[tjasko5041]

C:\Users\Taylor Jasko>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : TJ-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : *************

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : ***************
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5007 802.11b/g WiFi Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : ***************
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::54c6:632e:3686:6dce%14(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.100(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:01:33 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:01:32 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : **************
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . :
2001:0:4137:9e50:2cec:3205:3f57:ff9b(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2cec:3205:3f57:ff9b%8(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : *************
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : *******************
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\Taylor Jasko>

 

[Mick Murphy]

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.

Permissions/Share info is there as well.

If using Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro I.S., make sure file and printer
sharing is enabled in THEIR firewall.

1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers is
the SAME.

In Vista Network and Sharing:

Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)

Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)

File Sharing: ON

Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared
Docs)

Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and
passwords on ALL computers in your Network) If you have it ON, you will be
asked for a username and password when you try to access a Vista computer
from an XP computer.

Also, run the XP’s Home Network File and Printer Sharing Wizard to include
Vista in your “New†Network, even if you had an XP Network set up prior to
adding a Vista computer to it.

 

[tjasko5041]

I hate to say this, but I have tried all of that.

Honestly; I really have. That is why I titles this "Weird Bug".

I have no 3rd party firewall on this computer, only the Vista's default app.

I saw that link you posted before. I added those ports to the Windows
Firewall, and still, to no success.

Right now, I'm just thinking to my self, why can't Windows be more like
Linux. You can uninstall/reinstall any component in Linux no matter what it
is. That would be great if Windows could add that support to "add and remove
windows features". This would solve my problem just as if I could reinstall
my networking back to default. I spent over an hour trying to find out an
answer to this question; but to no avail.

Also, I do not set up sharing on the Vista machine. I only want to access
the shared files on the 3 desktops/servers in my household. It worked with a
clean Vista install from what I can remember; but not anymore. Wow, I really
I could fix this without restoring Windows to a clean install (reinstalling).

Thanks for your help; I really appreciate it. But, does anyone have any more
ideas? I contacted support about this issue; but I have to pay for the
"networking" support. Dunno why....

You know, I think this is a SP1 glitch. This never happened when I was not
using SP1. That might be the problem... But, I cannot prove that...

-Taylor-

 

[tjasko5041]

**Honestly; I really have. That is why I (titled) this "Weird Bug".**

Need to watch my typing sometimes.

 

[GTS]

You're welcome. That's helpful information. Since you can ping the XPS
by IP, it sounds like a likely name resolution problem. I suggest next you
open a command prompt and run this start \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where x is the
IP address of XPS. Please report the result. It should either open a
window showing it's shares or report an error. Please post the result
including any error code.

If that does access the shares, I suggest you enable Net BIOS over TCP/IP on
all the machines (in the TCP properties of the connection) and then retry by
name.
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[GTS]

Addendum - You may need to use an elevated command prompt for the start
start \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx command. Also, BTW, there is a way to rebuild the
TCP stack in Vista (several actually) but I think it's premature. Please
try these items first and we'll pick it up from there.

 

[tjasko5041]

C:\Users\Taylor Jasko>\\192.168.0.105
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

Actually, I know netbios is enabled by default on this machine (vista).
And, I'm pretty sure it's on the XPS's too...

The thing is, this worked when I first installed Vista... So, it's not my
network settings on my desktops, it's the settings on my laptop. I could
install Vista on a separate partition, and see (it probably will) if it'll
detect my XPS. It usually does.

 

[tjasko5041]

I ran CMD as an administrator, same result.

What to do now?

I'm saying, this is not my settings on my desktops. Because my friends Vista
computer can access it fine...

 

[GTS]

That's a very peculiar error. Try running the following command in an
elevated command prompt and rebooting. This rebuilds the TCP stack. The
last part (iplog.txt) is optional - it creates a log of actions taken.
netsh int ip reset iplog.txt

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[GTS]

Oops - I see you type the comand incorrectly - you left out start. That
would cause the error you saw. It should be

C:\Users\Taylor Jasko>start \\192.168.0.105

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[tjasko5041]

Actually, I done that before. Does nothing for me. It isn't fixed.

Yeah, it's some weird error, isn't it?

I don't know what to do...

No sources online helped me. So, I think I'm stuck with it.

 

[GTS]

Did you retry the >start \\###.###.###.### with correct syntax?
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[tjasko5041]

OMG!

WOW!

It brought up my XPS's shared documents! Wow. That's really great!

Now, to find out why it isn't putting this in explorer.....

 

[tjasko5041]

Oops - I see you type the comand incorrectly - you left out start. That
would cause the error you saw. It should be