Can share drives but they can't be accessed

[juma]

We have a small home network, 4 computers, running XP Professional. We can
share all drives across the network but we can not access those ‘shared’
drives. No error message is displayed, rather when you click on a shared
drive nothing happens. The computer emits a beep sound – the same sound when
you get when you make an error.

When we create a PGP file off of a drive which can not be accessed and then
open that PGP file and share a directory from the PGP it can be accessed.

Other files or directories on the inaccessible drive can not be accessed
either. The only point of access is the PGP file once it has been opened and
shared.

It makes no difference whether the drive is external or not.

We have admin rights
Simple file sharing is off
We’re running NTFS
CACLS shows that we have full rights of files on the inaccessible drives
Internet works fine
The network functions perfectly except for this problem

Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.
Juma

 

[juma via WindowsKB.com]

Solved!

Earlier I wrote the following...

We have a small home network, 4 computers, running XP Professional. We can
share all drives across the network but we can not access those ‘shared’
drives. No error message is displayed, rather when you click on a shared
drive nothing happens. The computer emits a beep sound – the same sound when
you get when you make an error.

When we create a PGP file off of a drive which can not be accessed and then
open that PGP file and share a directory from the PGP it can be accessed.

Other files or directories on the inaccessible drive can not be accessed
either. The only point of access is the PGP file once it has been opened and
shared.

It makes no difference whether the drive is external or not.

We have admin rights
Simple file sharing is off
We’re running NTFS
CACLS shows that we have full rights of files on the inaccessible drives
Internet works fine
The network functions perfectly except for this problem

Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.
Juma

I have since received a response from another forum and the resolution was to
go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\
Parameters and create a new DWord naming it IRPStackSize and giving it a
value of 16. I then rebooted and voila I can now access shared drives.

If you go to
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/server-functionality-affected-by.html
you will see a much broader description of what needs to be done.

Juma

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

Thank you for sharing your experience with us.

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Solved!

Earlier I wrote the following...

We have a small home network, 4 computers, running XP Professional. We can
share all drives across the network but we can not access those ‘shared’
drives. No error message is displayed, rather when you click on a shared
drive nothing happens. The computer emits a beep sound – the same sound when
you get when you make an error.

When we create a PGP file off of a drive which can not be accessed and then
open that PGP file and share a directory from the PGP it can be accessed.

Other files or directories on the inaccessible drive can not be accessed
either. The only point of access is the PGP file once it has been opened and
shared.

It makes no difference whether the drive is external or not.

We have admin rights
Simple file sharing is off
We’re running NTFS
CACLS shows that we have full rights of files on the inaccessible drives
Internet works fine
The network functions perfectly except for this problem

Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.
Juma

I have since received a response from another forum and the resolution was to
go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\
Parameters and create a new DWord naming it IRPStackSize and giving it a
value of 16. I then rebooted and voila I can now access shared drives.

If you go to
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/server-functionality-affected-by.html
you will see a much broader description of what needs to be done.

Juma