Access Denied, XP pro, SP2 5 machnes , Simple File and Printer Share

[Brad Morris]

Like Ron, several posts back, We have been running 5 machines on XP for 4
years with no problems. Then, all of a sudden last Fri afternoon the other 4
machines could not print to a dot matrix printer located on Problem XP. This
printer is set up on LPT2 and everyone else redirects the output of their
machine to lpt2 (NET USE LPT2: \\BRAD\SERVICE /PERSISTENT:YES). While trying
to figure out why this was happening, I discovered that the problem XP
machine could see and read all files on the other machines (that had shared
folders) but even though they could see the shared folders on the problem
XP, they could not open them. I also getthe "Access Denied... You might not
have the permission......." error.
Unlike Ron, We are just using the simple file share on all machines. I have
turned off the Firewall (just to test if that was the problem - I already
had the XP firewall off, we are using CA)
I have made no changes to the system.
I can ping this machine from all the others and again, I can see the shared
folders on the probem machine from the others but can not access them.
What else should I be checking for? I am hoping that whatever is going on
will also let everyone print to the problem XP again after this issue is
resolved.

thanks ahead of time

 

[Ray]

Like Ron, several posts back, We have been running 5 machines on XP for 4
years with no problems. Then, all of a sudden last Fri afternoon the other 4
machines could not print to a dot matrix printer located on Problem XP. This
printer is set up on LPT2 and everyone else redirects the output of their
machine to lpt2 (NET USE LPT2: \\BRAD\SERVICE /PERSISTENT:YES). While trying
to figure out why this was happening, I discovered that the problem XP
machine could see and read all files on the other machines (that had shared
folders) but even though they could see the shared folders on the problem
XP, they could not open them. I also getthe "Access Denied... You might not
have the permission......." error.
Unlike Ron, We are just using the simple file share on all machines. I have
turned off the Firewall (just to test if that was the problem - I already
had the XP firewall off, we are using CA)
I have made no changes to the system.
I can ping this machine from all the others and again, I can see the shared
folders on the probem machine from the others but can not access them.
What else should I be checking for? I am hoping that whatever is going on
will also let everyone print to the problem XP again after this issue is
resolved.

thanks ahead of time



Hi Brad

I’m the poster from 4/6/2008 with the same subject and have the exact same
problem and having a devil of a time trying to fix it.
I’ve checked a multitude of possible causes suggested from other threads and
even the security forum.
I’m down to one item that might be causing the problem for me and may help
you out in some way.
I’ve been trying to turn off windows fire wall without any luck. It doesn’t
seem to want to shut off. Norton Anti virus is running on all the machines
including the problem one. I hate Norton!! I don’t believe their anti virus
has a built in fire wall though that could be overriding XPs.

If I find anything out further, I’ll post here
Good luck, Ray

 

[Lem]

I’ve been trying to turn off windows fire wall without any luck. It doesn’t
seem to want to shut off. Norton Anti virus is running on all the machines
including the problem one. I hate Norton!! I don’t believe their anti virus
has a built in fire wall though that could be overriding XPs.

If I find anything out further, I’ll post here
Good luck, Ray

Actually, recent (since at least 2005) versions of Norton Antivirus DO
have a built-in firewall. NAV calls it "Internet Worm Protection" and
it needs to be configured just like any other firewall.

I've seen many posts (although I haven't experienced it myself) that
suggest that *removing* NAV may be necessary (rather than simply
disabling it).

Although you won't find complete agreement among any group of critics,
including those in this NG, there are several antivirus applications
that you might consider as alternatives to NAV, including AVAST, AVG,
and NOD32.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

 

[Brad Morris]

Hey Ray,

I'm not having any problem with turning off the windows firewall and my CA
firewall. I cant believe that it can be this hard to check out. It had been
working fine until just few days ago. hope someone has an answer!
Thanks

 

[Brad Morris]

Ray, I found an answer that worked for me
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;177078

This was not in my registry so I had to enter it. I started at 18 and BANG!
I could see and get into my folders. I did see a slow up of internet browser
and outlook express so I have dropped from 18 down to 15 and will continue
to play until it is stable.
I had forgotten that I had just installed ancronis True Image and I think
that is what did it.

I tried adjusting the machine that I was trying to read from (not the one
withthe files on it) with no sucsess and then tried it on the server or the
one that had the files on it and that is what did the job. Hope it works
for you too. What a hassle.

Brad

 

[Ray]

Thanks for that Brad
That one scared me a little,,,
So I tried this one,,

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881

it matched my scenario to a T and worked like a charm,,,,, now need to
straighten out QBooks with the new Permissions,,,,
Keeping PCs running shouldn't be this dificult,,,,,, ;-)

Thanks again, Ray