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I’ve a home LAN with two Dell desktop computers and a Linksys BEFSR41 router.
Both computers have Windows XP, and everything is wired. About a month ago
the computers stopped seeing each other for no apparent reason, though the
DSL connection has never failed. After a lot of fiddling around, I still
haven’t been able to solve the problem and get back to the file/printer
sharing of before.
The latest reinstallation of the network, though, may provide some
information to the guru’s who hopefully can solve my problem. A couple of
days ago I reinstalled the LAN and sharing, using the Linksys “Configuring
File and Printer Sharing†instructions, which ends up using the Wizard.
After rebooting I went to Explorer and then Microsoft Windows Network (on
computer #1), and (gasp) saw the drives on computer #2. I was able to open
folders.
I then went to computer #2 to check if it could see my computer, #1. An
error had popped up, “Generic Host Process for Win32 Services encountered a
problem and needed to closeâ€, apparently at the end of the boot. I then
clicked on the link “To see what data this error report contains, click
here.†The “Error Signature†said:
szAppName: svchost.exe szAppVer: 5.1.2600.2180 szModName: advpack.dll
szModVer: 7.0.6000.16414 offset: 00007bd8
I tried but couldn’t access computer #1 and got the error, “Unable to browse
the network. The network is not present or not started.â€
I then went back to computer #1 and tried to access computer #2 and got the
error, “Mshome is not accessible. You might not have permission, etc.â€
From this point on both computers can’t see each other. Can anyone help me
with this problem?
Frank
Both computers have Windows XP, and everything is wired. About a month ago
the computers stopped seeing each other for no apparent reason, though the
DSL connection has never failed. After a lot of fiddling around, I still
haven’t been able to solve the problem and get back to the file/printer
sharing of before.
The latest reinstallation of the network, though, may provide some
information to the guru’s who hopefully can solve my problem. A couple of
days ago I reinstalled the LAN and sharing, using the Linksys “Configuring
File and Printer Sharing†instructions, which ends up using the Wizard.
After rebooting I went to Explorer and then Microsoft Windows Network (on
computer #1), and (gasp) saw the drives on computer #2. I was able to open
folders.
I then went to computer #2 to check if it could see my computer, #1. An
error had popped up, “Generic Host Process for Win32 Services encountered a
problem and needed to closeâ€, apparently at the end of the boot. I then
clicked on the link “To see what data this error report contains, click
here.†The “Error Signature†said:
szAppName: svchost.exe szAppVer: 5.1.2600.2180 szModName: advpack.dll
szModVer: 7.0.6000.16414 offset: 00007bd8
I tried but couldn’t access computer #1 and got the error, “Unable to browse
the network. The network is not present or not started.â€
I then went back to computer #1 and tried to access computer #2 and got the
error, “Mshome is not accessible. You might not have permission, etc.â€
From this point on both computers can’t see each other. Can anyone help me
with this problem?
Frank