Empty My Network Places

D

daniel

When I click on My Network Places, there is nothing there.
When I right click and choose explorer I see Entire
Network, etc. Running XP Pro, SP 1 on corporate LAN with
other XP machines that don't have this problem.
 
C

Chuck

When I click on My Network Places, there is nothing there.
When I right click and choose explorer I see Entire
Network, etc. Running XP Pro, SP 1 on corporate LAN with
other XP machines that don't have this problem.

Daniel,

Are you saying that My Network Places shows nothing, but Explorer - Entire
Network shows the other computers? Or do both My Network Places and Explorer -
Entire Network show nothing?

Can other computers see this computer?

Is this a domain or workgroup setup?

Make sure the browser service is running. Control Panel - Administrative Tools
- Services. Verify that the Computer Browser service is started.

Do this computer have a software firewall (ICF or third party)? If so, you need
to configure it for file sharing, by opening ports TCP 139, 445 and UDP 137,
138, 445, 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.

And Daniel, please don't contribute to the spread and success of email address
mining viruses. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a
bit safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - never post your address unmunged.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

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

Guest

Here are the different processes and results:
1. Windows + E to open Explorer. Click on M.N.P. Nothing
displayed.
2. Double-click M.N.P. Nothing displayed.
3. In Windows Explorer, right click M.N.P. and choose
Explore. Entire Network displayed.
4. Right-click M.N.P. and choose Explore. Entire Network
displayed.

In an attempt to move from using NetBIOS, I have disabled
NetBT on this computer and two other XP computers. Both XP
computers still function properly and are able to access
Active Directory (Win2K AD with 2000 and XP clients)

No firewall has been enabled or installed. This is a clean
XP Pro installation with all Windows Updates installed.

Before wasting anymore time on this, I am doing a
reinstall of Windows. I don't know if the problem was
occurring before I made a dll mistake. I typed regsvr32
dsfolder.dll which successfully registered the dll file.
However, I wanted to overwrite this file with a different
version before running this command. I copied over the
file, re-registered and then un-registered, but that
didn't help.

I will let you know if I have the problem still after
reinstalling and reregistering the correct dll this time.
Thanks for the input and advice, Chuck.
-----Original Message-----
 
C

Chuck

Here are the different processes and results:
1. Windows + E to open Explorer. Click on M.N.P. Nothing
displayed.
2. Double-click M.N.P. Nothing displayed.
3. In Windows Explorer, right click M.N.P. and choose
Explore. Entire Network displayed.
4. Right-click M.N.P. and choose Explore. Entire Network
displayed.

Daniel,

The difference between My Network Places (root) and Entire Network, AFAIK, is
that My Network Places shows only resources in your domain / workgroup. Entire
Network, OTOH, shows all workgroups and domains.

Are all three computers (the problem one, and the other two that you worked on)
all members of the same domain or workgroup?

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
Identify operating system (by name and version) with each ipconfig listing.

Let's see if it's a browser problem.

The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers you have in your
domain / workgroup, at any time.
<http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=188305>

You can download Browstat from:
<http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>

Browstat is very small (40K), needs no install, and runs from the command
prompt. Just drop it onto a couple workstations, and run it.

Please provide browstat information for each computer in your test (all 3
please).
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "browstat status >c:\browstat.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\browstat.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.

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

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