"The Server is Not Configured for Transactions" IPC$ and Error 2141

[Phil]

Okay, you guys are my last hope. I have been all across
the net and back on this problem but to no avail. I'm a
new technical services guy at my university, and I've
inherited a number of problems. The most vexing is that I
have been unable to get a printer system set up in my work
area. The ideal machine to put the printer on is mine, so
that's what I did. Now, I can print to it fine, but I
can't even add the printer to the other four computers in
my area. I keep getting the message "The server is not
configured for transactions." Upon searching Microsoft, I
found that we needed to share our IPC$. I did that, but
it is unshared after every reboot. Does anyone have a
suggestion? I'm running out of options and patience. I'd
appreciate any advice that you can give. Thanks.

Phil

 

[DrivesMeCrazy]

Hey Phil,

I just ran into that problem a couple of days ago.
I think you should run ur anti-virus on your machine, you should have been
hit by a virus or trojan something....mumu.A
After u delete it away, your netshare should be fine IPC$, ADMIN$, etc
should be back to the original state.

Hope this helps

 

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

Hi,

You should make sure you anti virus software is up to date and download the
latest definitions. The symptoms you are seeing are often caused by a type
of mIRC virus.


Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support