Can't join any workgroup

[Peter Kaufman]

Hi,

New XP SP1 Professional install - can't join any workgroup, even a new
one created on that computer. Error is "no permissions.. no server
available..."

Tried both default and NetBIOS protocols, both fixed and DHCP IPs.
Nothing unusual I can see in ipconfig/all. I can ping myself by IP.
Ping by name comes back 127.0.0.1 - not sure if that is normal or not
on XP.

Any ideas appreciated.

Peter Kaufman

 

[Steven Liu]

Hi Peter,

Thanks for posting here.

To join a workgroup does not need permission from the network computers.
Workgroup is a peer-to-peer network. You even can input any valid workgroup
name here. If it's not existed on the network, the computer will be the
member of a new workgroup.

For example, you input a TestWork in the workgroup and the workgroup is not
existed in the network. It will create a new network named TestWork on the
local network. If the TestWork is existed on the network, the computer will
be a member of the workgroup.

First, please make sure you are the computer administrator. Only the
computer administrator can change the workgroup. Limited account and guest
can't do this operation.

Please also make sure you select the Workgroup, not the Domain. If you
specify a domain here, the computer will try to contact the domain
controller of the domain. If the domain existed, it needs permission to
join the computer into the domain.

If this can't solve the problem, would you please describe the error
message clearly?

Would you please give me the error message screen capture?

1. Press PrnScn key on the keyboard when the error message appears
2. Open the MS Paint
3. Press Ctrl-V to paste the picture
4. Save the picture in JPG

You can paste the picture in the reply post. If it's too large, you can use
the mspaint to edit the picture to cut the unuseful places.

Thanks for using Microsoft Newsgroup!

Sincerely,

Steven Liu [MSFT]

Microsoft Online Partner Support

MCSE 2000

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