I have a similar problem: one xpHome and several win2k machines. The win2k
machines can share drives and browse each other's drives. The win2k machines
"show" the xpHome machine in the network workgroup, but when you try to
explore you get not-accessible/network-path-not-found error. The xpHome
machine does not show any other machine in the workgroup.
Moreover, the xpHome machine cannot be pinged *from* the win2k machines, yet
it can initiate pings *to* the win2k machines (by ip, not by name). The
xpHome machine cannot even ping it's own ip address. See the following
output from the xpHome machine. All firewalls are off.
-----begin cmd output
C:\Documents and Settings\Yung Kim>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : VAIO-A290
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG
Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-35-38-22-D6
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 206.13.28.12
206.13.29.12
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, December 12, 2004
7:22:22 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 13, 2004
7:22:22 PM
C:\Documents and Settings\Yung Kim>ping 192.168.1.101
Pinging 192.168.1.101 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.101:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
C:\Documents and Settings\Yung Kim>ping 192.168.1.104
Pinging 192.168.1.104 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.104: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.104: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.104: bytes=32 time=63ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.104: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.104:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 2ms, Maximum = 63ms, Average = 18ms
C:\Documents and Settings\Yung Kim>ping gateway1700
Ping request could not find host gateway1700. Please check the name and try
agai
n.
-----end cmd output
Chuck said:
Hi,
I am running 2 PC's , both running XPHome SP2, on a wired network.
The LAN is working fine. I can view both PC's shared folders etc, and run
UltraVNC, no problems.
BUT, if I click on "View workgroup computers" in My Network Places I get an
error message that says " Mshome is not accessible. 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 the administrator on both PC's. How can I sort this out????
Paul,
Make sure the browser service is running on one computer. Control Panel -
Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser, and the
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both show with Status = Started. Disable the
browser on the other.
The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers you have in your
domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
You can download Browstat from either:
<
http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
<
http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip>
Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded
file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command
window, by "browstat status". Make sure all computers give the same result.
For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
<
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>
On XP Home, make sure that the Guest account is enabled, on each computer.
Enable Guest with Start - Run - "cmd", then type "net user guest /active:yes" in
the command window.
Then look at registry key [HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa], value
restrictanonymous.
<
http://www.microsoft.com/windows200...2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/regentry/46688.asp>
<
http://www.jsifaq.com/subf/tip2600/rh2625.htm>
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=246261
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296403
The above articles refer to Windows 2000. Remember WinXP is NT V5.1, and Win2K
is NT V5.0.
Have you used the Registry Editor before? If not, it's a scary tool, but it's
pretty simple once you get used to it. Here are a couple articles that might
help:
<
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...home/using/productdoc/en/tools_regeditors.asp>
<
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/registry>
Just remember to backup the key (create a registry patch) for
[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa] before making any changes, if
appropriate.
From the Annoyances article:
You can create a Registry patch by opening the Registry Editor, selecting a
branch, and choosing Export from the File menu. Then, specify a filename, and
press OK. You can then view the Registry patch file by opening it in Notepad
(right-click on it and select Edit). Again, just double-click on a Registry
patch file (or use Import in the Registry Editor's File menu) to apply it to the
registry.
