Folders in My Network Places not working and not showing proper ic

[Guest]

This is a new desktop computer and I think this has been a problem from the
beginning.
If I go to My Computer I have the Shared Docs with folder with hand under
and I can place files in there. This folder and its files can be accessed by
two laptops on the network. The laptops can access each other's folders
also.
If I go to My Network Places on this (the desktop) computer, SharedDocs on
Desktop and on two laptops are listed. However, they are not shown with
folder/hand icons, I get the icon for when Windows doesn't know what
application to use (white page shape with small coloured window in centre).
If I double click on any of these SharedDocs, nothing happens, not even the
one for this computer. I can right click and get properties and I get Type
of file: shortcut; Description: SharedDocs on Desktop; Location:
C:\Documents and Settings\JaneV\NetHood.
Can anyone suggest how I can get this working properly?
Thanks,
Jane

 

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This is a new desktop computer and I think this has been a problem from the
beginning.
If I go to My Computer I have the Shared Docs with folder with hand under
and I can place files in there. This folder and its files can be accessed by
two laptops on the network. The laptops can access each other's folders
also.
If I go to My Network Places on this (the desktop) computer, SharedDocs on
Desktop and on two laptops are listed. However, they are not shown with
folder/hand icons, I get the icon for when Windows doesn't know what
application to use (white page shape with small coloured window in centre).
If I double click on any of these SharedDocs, nothing happens, not even the
one for this computer. I can right click and get properties and I get Type
of file: shortcut; Description: SharedDocs on Desktop; Location:
C:\Documents and Settings\JaneV\NetHood.
Can anyone suggest how I can get this working properly?
Thanks,
Jane

 

[Chuck]

This is a new desktop computer and I think this has been a problem from the
beginning.
If I go to My Computer I have the Shared Docs with folder with hand under
and I can place files in there. This folder and its files can be accessed by
two laptops on the network. The laptops can access each other's folders
also.
If I go to My Network Places on this (the desktop) computer, SharedDocs on
Desktop and on two laptops are listed. However, they are not shown with
folder/hand icons, I get the icon for when Windows doesn't know what
application to use (white page shape with small coloured window in centre).
If I double click on any of these SharedDocs, nothing happens, not even the
one for this computer. I can right click and get properties and I get Type
of file: shortcut; Description: SharedDocs on Desktop; Location:
C:\Documents and Settings\JaneV\NetHood.
Can anyone suggest how I can get this working properly?
Thanks,
Jane

Jane,

I'd start with "browstat status", "ipconfig /all", "net config server", and "net
config workstation", from the problem computer and from 2 other computers, 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]

Jane,

I'd start with "browstat status", "ipconfig /all", "net config server", and "net
config workstation", from the problem computer and from 2 other computers, 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

Thanks. Unfortunately, I dont understand the first part of what you say, it
all looks like things I've never done and have no idea where to start. I
tried the two links but they came up with "Error performing your request".
Is there any other way to access the information?

Jane

 

[Chuck]

Thanks. Unfortunately, I dont understand the first part of what you say, it
all looks like things I've never done and have no idea where to start. I
tried the two links but they came up with "Error performing your request".
Is there any other way to access the information?

Jane

Jane,

This morning, the entire host for my website and millions of others is down.
Give it a few hours.

The diagnostic data is where we need to start, so try something and ask
questions about what you don't understand. We'll help you, if you're patient
with us.

 

[Guest]

:

I've been reading through and will read some bits again. Can I check that
I've understood one thing before I start doing anything, though? When I run
"browstat status", "ipconfig /all", "net config server", and "net config
workstation" for desktop and laptop, you want *all* the data that comes up,
and you want it all in the message itself, not as an attachment?
Thanks
Jane

 

[Chuck]

:


I've been reading through and will read some bits again. Can I check that
I've understood one thing before I start doing anything, though? When I run
"browstat status", "ipconfig /all", "net config server", and "net config
workstation" for desktop and laptop, you want *all* the data that comes up,
and you want it all in the message itself, not as an attachment?
Thanks
Jane

Please, Jane.

This is Usenet, so only text. But all text is best, since you don't know what
to look for. Be generous.

 

[Guest]

OK, here goes. I hope this is right, I gave it my best shot!

Desktop - WinXP Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp.050928-1517: service pack 2

ipconfig:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : JANE
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Belkin

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Generic Marvell Yukon Chipset
based Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-21-57-FF-C1
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 213.208.106.212
213.208.106.213
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 28 January 2007 09:26:13
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 28 January 2008 09:26:13



Desktop - net config server and net config workstation:

Server Name \\JANE
Server Comment Desktop

Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NwlnkIpx (00192157ffc1)
NwlnkNb (00192157ffc1)
NetBT_Tcpip_{84B16660-7F86-41DF-A412-DD0DD05C04E2} (00192157ffc1)
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)


Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 10
Maximum open files per session 16384

Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.

Computer name \\JANE
Full Computer name JANE
User name JaneV

Workstation active on
NwlnkNb (00192157FFC1)
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{84B16660-7F86-41DF-A412-DD0DD05C04E2} (00192157FFC1)

Software version Windows 2002

Workstation domain MSHOME
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain JANE

COM Open Timeout (sec) 0
COM Send Count (byte) 16
COM Send Timeout (msec) 250
The command completed successfully.


Desktop – browstat:



Status for domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NwlnkNb
Browsing is active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. Using \\JANE
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master JANE
\\JANE
There are 1 servers in domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NwlnkNb
There are 1 domains in domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NwlnkNb


Status for domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{84B16660-7F86-41DF-A412-DD0DD05C04E2}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: JANE
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master JANE
\\JANE
There are 2 servers in domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{84B16660-7F86-41DF-A412-DD0DD05C04E2}
There are 1 domains in domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{84B16660-7F86-41DF-A412-DD0DD05C04E2}


Status for domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NwlnkIpx
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus.



Laptop 1
Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519:Service Pack 2)

ipconfig:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Warwick
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Belkin

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-3F-D9-6E-E7

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG
Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-F0-A1-3F-BE
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.4
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 05 February 2007 16:02:56
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 05 February 2008 16:02:56

net confit server and net config workstation:

Server Name \\WARWICK
Server Comment Jane's laptop

Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{8E62B89E-421A-4DA4-9241-EF2B50D4EBBC} (0012f0a13fbe)
NetBT_Tcpip_{8F6F77D0-2D1F-40CE-BE19-85D488E06200} (00123fd96ee7)


Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 5
Maximum open files per session 16384

Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.

Computer name \\WARWICK
Full Computer name Warwick
User name Jane

Workstation active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{8E62B89E-421A-4DA4-9241-EF2B50D4EBBC} (0012F0A13FBE)
NetBT_Tcpip_{8F6F77D0-2D1F-40CE-BE19-85D488E06200} (00123FD96EE7)

Software version Windows 2002

Workstation domain MSHOME
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain WARWICK

COM Open Timeout (sec) 0
COM Send Count (byte) 16
COM Send Timeout (msec) 250
The command completed successfully.

browstat:



Status for domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{8E62B89E-421A-4DA4-9241-EF2B50D4EBBC}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: WARWICK
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master WARWICK
\\JANE
Unable to retrieve server list from WARWICK: 71


Status for domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{8F6F77D0-2D1F-40CE-BE19-85D488E06200}
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master browser name is held by: WARWICK
Master browser is running build 2600





Laptop 2
Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519: Service Pack 2)

Ipconfig:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : your-f2961252d0
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Belkin

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 4:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 802.11g Wireless CardBus PC Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-98-D3-10-E2
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.5
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 05 February 2007 15:49:52
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 05 February 2008 15:49:52

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-A0-D1-B6-A7-F8

Net config server and net config workstation:

Server Name \\YOUR-F2961252D0
Server Comment mike's laptop

Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{DBB78A40-1F74-4C5C-B936-F0E060A54BD7} (00e098d310e2)


Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 5
Maximum open files per session 16384

Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.

Computer name \\YOUR-F2961252D0
Full Computer name your-f2961252d0
User name Toshiba

Workstation active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{DBB78A40-1F74-4C5C-B936-F0E060A54BD7} (00E098D310E2)

Software version Windows 2002

Workstation domain MSHOME
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain YOUR-F2961252D0

COM Open Timeout (sec) 0
COM Send Count (byte) 16
COM Send Timeout (msec) 250
The command completed successfully.



Browstat:



Status for domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{DBB78A40-1F74-4C5C-B936-F0E060A54BD7}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: JANE
Could not open key in registry, error = 5 Unable to determine build
of browser master: 5
\\\\JANE . Version:05.01 Flags: 71203 NT POTENTIAL BACKUP
MASTER
1 backup servers retrieved from master JANE
\\JANE
There are 3 servers in domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{DBB78A40-1F74-4C5C-B936-F0E060A54BD7}
There are 1 domains in domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{DBB78A40-1F74-4C5C-B936-F0E060A54BD7}


Jane

 

[Chuck]

OK, here goes. I hope this is right, I gave it my best shot!

Desktop – browstat:



Status for domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NwlnkNb
Browsing is active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. Using \\JANE
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master JANE
\\JANE
There are 1 servers in domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NwlnkNb
There are 1 domains in domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NwlnkNb


Status for domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{84B16660-7F86-41DF-A412-DD0DD05C04E2}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: JANE
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master JANE
\\JANE
There are 2 servers in domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{84B16660-7F86-41DF-A412-DD0DD05C04E2}
There are 1 domains in domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{84B16660-7F86-41DF-A412-DD0DD05C04E2}


Status for domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NwlnkIpx
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus.

Laptop 1 browstat:



Status for domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{8E62B89E-421A-4DA4-9241-EF2B50D4EBBC}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: WARWICK
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master WARWICK
\\JANE
Unable to retrieve server list from WARWICK: 71


Status for domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{8F6F77D0-2D1F-40CE-BE19-85D488E06200}
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master browser name is held by: WARWICK
Master browser is running build 2600

Laptop 2 Browstat:

Status for domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{DBB78A40-1F74-4C5C-B936-F0E060A54BD7}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: JANE
Could not open key in registry, error = 5 Unable to determine build
of browser master: 5
\\\\JANE . Version:05.01 Flags: 71203 NT POTENTIAL BACKUP
MASTER
1 backup servers retrieved from master JANE
\\JANE
There are 3 servers in domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{DBB78A40-1F74-4C5C-B936-F0E060A54BD7}
There are 1 domains in domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{DBB78A40-1F74-4C5C-B936-F0E060A54BD7}

You have a segmented browser domain, 2 computers elected Jane as the master
browser, one elected Warwick.

Jane has IPX/SPX and NetBEUI, so start by cleaning up the network stack there.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html

I'm not too certain that's the only problem, though. Look at personal firewalls
and other impediments to SMBs, on all 3 computers.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html

Run new browstat on all 3 computers, as an update, and let's see what you have.

 

[Guest]

You have a segmented browser domain, 2 computers elected Jane as the master
browser, one elected Warwick.

Jane has IPX/SPX and NetBEUI, so start by cleaning up the network stack there.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html

I'm not too certain that's the only problem, though.

It seems to have been. All working ok at last, directly after the stage of
explicitly enabling NetBIOS Over TCP/IP. I'm very glad because the other
page you sent me to contained some steps that I think may have been beyond me.

Thank you so much!

Jane

Thank you so

 

[Guest]

What I should have added was that there was a missing detail I had not
mentioned in my original post because I didn't know it wasn't what I should
expect. At the top of the main white window in My Network Places it said
"Unspecified". This part of the window with its Windows generic icons is
still there, but now there is "Local Network" with the three computers
properly shown and functioning above it.

Thanks again.

 

[Chuck]

It seems to have been. All working ok at last, directly after the stage of
explicitly enabling NetBIOS Over TCP/IP. I'm very glad because the other
page you sent me to contained some steps that I think may have been beyond me.

Thank you so much!

Jane

My pleasure, Jane. Thanks for the feedback!