File and Printer sharing

[Guest]

I have a small home network with a desktop and laptop. I have a satellite
modem connected to a Linksys router. My desktop is connected via wire to the
router and my laptop accesses via wireless. I am able to connect to the
internet and mail from both pc's. I am not able to use file and printer
sharing even though I have successfully set up the small home network
workgroup via the wizard. My desktop uses Windows XP Home and the laptop
uses Windows XP Pro. I can seen the the workgroup from both PCs but when I
click on the workgroup on either pc, I get the message that the workgroup is
not accessible or I do not have permission. I have tried pinging from and to
both and that times out, however, I have successfully pinged before but still
no file or print sharing. This feature did work previously, but I moved to a
new house and have a different Internet Provider. All of the equipment is
the same except for the modem. I have contacted everyone, even Microsoft and
no solution yet. I am thinking maybe a file is corrupted in the setup
somewhere and maybe I need to uninstall all of the network componets and
reinstall but I am not sure how to do that without messing it all up. I am
able to issue a net send * command from both pc's and the message does appear
on both indication that the message was sent to the workgroup. THIS IS
DRIVING ME CRAZY!

 

[Chuck]

I have a small home network with a desktop and laptop. I have a satellite
modem connected to a Linksys router. My desktop is connected via wire to the
router and my laptop accesses via wireless. I am able to connect to the
internet and mail from both pc's. I am not able to use file and printer
sharing even though I have successfully set up the small home network
workgroup via the wizard. My desktop uses Windows XP Home and the laptop
uses Windows XP Pro. I can seen the the workgroup from both PCs but when I
click on the workgroup on either pc, I get the message that the workgroup is
not accessible or I do not have permission. I have tried pinging from and to
both and that times out, however, I have successfully pinged before but still
no file or print sharing. This feature did work previously, but I moved to a
new house and have a different Internet Provider. All of the equipment is
the same except for the modem. I have contacted everyone, even Microsoft and
no solution yet. I am thinking maybe a file is corrupted in the setup
somewhere and maybe I need to uninstall all of the network componets and
reinstall but I am not sure how to do that without messing it all up. I am
able to issue a net send * command from both pc's and the message does appear
on both indication that the message was sent to the workgroup. THIS IS
DRIVING ME CRAZY!

What's the complete and exact error message?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/01/look-at-complete-detail-in-error.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/01/look-at-complete-detail-in-error.html

One of the most common causes of this problem would be a misconfigured or
overlooked personal firewall, or other security component. There are several
other possibilities too, and any might be the cause of your problem. Read this
article with an open mind.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html

Look at NetBT, and make sure that it's Enabled on all computers.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/netbios-over-tcpip.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/netbios-over-tcpip.html

Or we could look at "browstat status", "ipconfig /all", "net config server",
and "net config workstation", from each computer, so we can diagnose the
problem. Read this article, and linked articles, and follow instructions
precisely (download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

 

[Guest]

Your help is AWESOME! For whatever reason, the node type was set to Peer to
Peer. Once I changed that so that it is Broadcast, I am able to access the
desktop running Windows XP Home from the laptop running Windows XP Pro. I
cannot access the laptop from the desktop however, and have been working on
that issue for hours now, but nothing seems to work. I don't know for sure
which PC I should be making changes to. It would seem that I need to do
something on the laptop that would grant permissions to the desktop to access
it, but nothing that I have read and tried so far works. I was getting the
message " Logon failure: the user has net been granted the requested logon
type at this computer" but now after making sure all the guests accounts and
passwords are synchronized, I am getting the message "Access Denied"!!! I am
confused about a couple of things: What do you mean by list # 1 and 2 the
the following:


If your server uses Guest authentication:
"Guest" must NOT be in list #1.
"Everyone" must be in list #2.
If your server uses non-Guest authentication:
Your properly setup, and activated, non-Guest account must NOT be in list #1.
Your non-Guest account, or a group of which it is a member (generally
"Everyone") must be in list #2.

and also,

Where do you enter the following NTRights commands?

ntrights +r SeNetworkLogonRight -u Guest
ntrights -r SeDenyNetworkLogonRight -u Guest
ntrights +r SeNetworkLogonRight -g Everyone
ntrights -r SeDenyNetworkLogonRight -g Everyone


I did this at the command prompt and got the following:



E:\>ntrights +r SeNetworkLogonRight -u Guest
'ntrights' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Thanks so very much for your help.
Lesley

 

[Guest]

I found out how to run NTRights. I tried that after downloading the Resource
Tool Kit, but still no access from the desktop to the laptop---Access Denied
!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Guest]

Chuck, HALLELUJA---IT FINALLY WORKS! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
Basically these were the changes that fixed it:
1-- Node type from Peer to Peer to Broadcast
2--Enable Netbios over TCP/IP
3--activate guest accounts and sychonize all password and account names.
4--set restrictanaymous to 0 (the desktop was 0 ,but the laptop was 1)

You are great! Thanks.
Lesley

 

[Chuck]

Thanks for the feedback. Sorry I was out for so long while you did it all on
your own. But you did find all of the details, so thanks for letting us know.

 

[Guest]

hello chuck i am having similar problems i have been on your site for 2
hours now and cant find what is wrong do you think you might be able to help
me. problem : i got a surge, could not access internet from any of my
computers (2 wired and two wirelss through belkin router) and called embarq
they reset my modem. i got internet but only on one system hard wired into
the modem. they said i had to call belkin to get my ip address changed cause
they were sending me a new modem that would have the same address as the
router. I called belkin and they helped me do that. i also had to change the
connection type from pppoe to dhcp. we also did that. i plugged the other
systems into the router and got internet on them all but couldnt see any
system on network. i tried to click on "view workgroup computers" recieved
message "workgroup is not accessable. you might not have permission to use
this network resource. contact the administrator of this server to find out
if you have access permissions. the list of servers for this workgroup is not
currently available" i am recieving this message on all four systems. i cant
seem to find the answer would you please help me?....all systems running same
os ( windows xp) router and both wireless cards (one desktop and one laptop)
are by belkin the other two wired are dlink cards.