Can't access Work Group

[Guest]

I am getting the following message everytime I try to access the workgroup
that I have set up on my computer. "You might not have permission to use
this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out
if you have access permissions." Does anyone have any ideas?

I checked my computer workgroup name in the control pannel. I can surf the
internet fine but can not set up my home network. My other compter see's
this one but when I try to connect it says "You might not have permission to
use this network resource. Contact the administrator of the server to find
out if you have access permissions."

 

[Chuck]

I am getting the following message everytime I try to access the workgroup
that I have set up on my computer. "You might not have permission to use
this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out
if you have access permissions." Does anyone have any ideas?

I checked my computer workgroup name in the control pannel. I can surf the
internet fine but can not set up my home network. My other compter see's
this one but when I try to connect it says "You might not have permission to
use this network resource. Contact the administrator of the server to find
out if you have access permissions."

Lee,

Lots of ideas. And questions.

What OS is on the computers in the workgroup? On your computer? XP Home? XP
Pro? Not XP? Big differences.

<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en>

Are you running both Client for Microsoft Networks, and File and Printer Sharing
for Microsoft Networks (Local Area Connection - Properties), on each computer?
Do you have shares setup on each?

Are you running NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (Local Area Connection - Properties - TCP/IP
- Properties - Advanced - WINS) on each computer?

Make sure the browser service is running on each computer. Control Panel -
Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser, and the
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both show with Status = Started.

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, and with SFS disabled, check the Local Security Policy (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, and 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" - type "net user guest /active:yes" in the command window.

Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF / WF, or third party)? If
so, you need to configure them for file sharing, by opening ports TCP 139, 445
and UDP 137, 138, 445, by enabling the File and Printer Sharing exception, and /
or by identifying the other computers as present in the Local (Trusted) zone.
Firewall configurations are a very common cause of (network) browser, and file
sharing, problems.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Carey Holzman]

www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Tip #1 on all PCs

Carey

 

[Lou Ramsey]

I am getting the following message everytime I try to access the workgroup
that I have set up on my computer. "You might not have permission to use
this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out
if you have access permissions." Does anyone have any ideas?

I checked my computer workgroup name in the control pannel. I can surf the
internet fine but can not set up my home network. My other compter see's
this one but when I try to connect it says "You might not have permission to
use this network resource. Contact the administrator of the server to find
out if you have access permissions."

Lee,

If you're perusing Carey's very detailed instructions, remember:
1) His instructions are written for all Windows operating systems, but
use terminology from, mainly, Win9x.
2) Windows networking for Win NT/2K/XP is based upon TCP/IP, and
NetBIOS Over TCP/IP for file sharing. Adding IPX/SPX to your network
may give you file sharing, but it will complicate your network
needlessly. Fix the problem, not the symptoms. TCP/IP, and NBT, will
work fine when configured properly.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Tip #1 on all PCs

Carey

Lee, Carey's Tip #1 doesn't apply to Windows XP, so don't be surprised
when you can't follow it. With a single exception, the settings that
it describes don't exist in Windows XP.

These tips should help you get everything working:

1. If the computers run the original or SP1 versions of Windows XP,
disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall on local area
network connections -- it's for use only on a direct modem connection
to the Internet. If they run SP2, enable the exception for file and
printer sharing in the Windows Firewall. Disable and un-install all
other firewall programs while troubleshooting. When un-installing a
firewall program, use the un-install procedure provided by the
manufacturer . Don't use Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs,
which might not completely un-install it.

For more information, see:

Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/ic_firewall.htm

2. Use only one protocol for File and Printer Sharing. If the network
needs more than one protocol, unbind File and Printer Sharing from all
but one of them. Details here:

Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/network_protocols.htm

3. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers.
Details here:

Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/netbt.htm

4. Run "ipconfig /all" on XP and look at the "Node Type" at the
beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should
actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that the
computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on a
peer-to-peer network, for NetBIOS name resolution.

If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key:

HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters

and delete these values if they're present:

NodeType
DhcpNodeType

Reboot, then try network access again.

If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD
value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for
"Mixed".

For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;160177

TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314053
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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[Hans-Georg Michna]

You might not have permission to use
this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out
if you have access permissions.

Lee,

please have a look at http://www.michna.com/kb/wxnet.htm.

Hans-Georg