Chuck, the actual message displayed is "workgroupname" is not accessible.
You might not have permission to use this network resource, contact the
adninistrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The
list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available"
Does this information help.
I have now been able to download the file and have run as specified, this
has changed nothing, I have also followed all instructions give to me in your
last post.
I only have 3 computers connected to this network, does that change the
support information you provided.
Ed,
Did you run Browstat on each computer? Did each identify the same master
browser?
Are all computers on the same workgroup?
With a total of 3 computers, the recommendation is to have 2 running as
browsers. That way, if the current master browser computer is to go offline,
the backup browser can take over as the new master browser.
The browser issue was the most likely scenario per your original problem
description. There are, however, other possibilities.
Please continue by providing ipconfig information for each computer, and we'll
do some further analysis, and see where the problem lies.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, make sure that Format - Word Wrap is
NOT checked!, copy and paste entire contents into your next post. Identify
operating system (by name, version, and SP level) with each ipconfig listing.
Also, check authentication / authorisation. This varies greatly, depending upon
whether you have XP Home, XP Pro, a mixture, or computers with other OSs.
On any XP Pro computer, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel -
Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Pro,
you need to have SFS properly set on each computer.
On XP Pro with SFS disabled, check the Local Security Policies (Control Panel -
Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic -
local users authenticate as themselves".
On XP Pro with SFS disabled, if you set the above Local Security Policy to
"Guest only", enable the Guest account, using Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net
user guest /active:yes" in the command window. If "Classic", setup and use a
common non-Guest account on all computers. Whichever account is used, give it
an identical, non-blank password on all computers.
On XP Home, and on XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that the
Guest account is enabled, on each computer. Enable Guest, with Start - Run -
"cmd", then type "net user guest /active:yes" in the command window. Ensure
that the password for Guest is blank, with Start - Run - "control
userpasswords2"; select Guest, click Reset Password, click OK without entering a
new password.
On XP Pro, if you're going to use Guest authentication, check your Local
Security Policy (Control Panel - Administrative Tools) - User Rights Assignment,
on the XP Pro computer, and look at "Deny access to this computer from the
network". Make sure Guest is not in the list. Look at "Access this computer
from the network", and make sure that Everyone is in this list.
Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF / WF, or third party)? If
so, you need to configure them for file sharing. Firewall configurations are a
very common cause of (network) browser, and file sharing, problems.
More about file sharing, between all different versions of Windows:
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Cheers,
Chuck
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