Network Share Unaccessible

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T. Duprex

I have a network of three computers, two running windowsxp and one running
windows98. Networking between all three is okay except for one of the XPs.
This XP,\\ACER_PENT, can see every other computer's shares and read them.
However when I attempt to access the shares of the \\ACER_PENT from either
of the other two computers I get a message that \\ACER-PENT <filename> is
not accessible. The shares show up on My Network Places, but when I attempt
to access I get the not accessible message.

What could the problem be on \\ACER_PENT?

TIA
 
M

Malke

T. Duprex said:
I have a network of three computers, two running windowsxp and one running
windows98. Networking between all three is okay except for one of the XPs.
This XP,\\ACER_PENT, can see every other computer's shares and read them.
However when I attempt to access the shares of the \\ACER_PENT from either
of the other two computers I get a message that \\ACER-PENT <filename> is
not accessible. The shares show up on My Network Places, but when I
attempt to access I get the not accessible message.

What could the problem be on \\ACER_PENT?
Click to expand...

Probably either a firewall or username issue. See below.

Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused
by 1) a misconfigured firewall or overlooked firewall (including a stateful
firewall in a VPN); or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls such as the
built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3) not having
identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines; 4) trying
to create shares where the operating system does not permit it.

A. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network (LAN)
traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing File/Printer
Sharing on the Exceptions tab. Normally running the Network Setup Wizard on
XP will take care of this for those machines.The only "gotcha" is that this
will turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a
third-party firewall or have an antivirus with "Internet Worm
Protection" (like Norton 2006/07) which acts as a firewall, then you're
fine. With third-party firewalls, I usually configure the LAN allowance
with an IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you
would substitute your correct subnet. Do not run more than one firewall. DO
NOT TURN OFF FIREWALLS; CONFIGURE THEM CORRECTLY.

B. For ease of organization, put all computers in the same Workgroup. This
is done from the System applet in Control Panel, Computer Name tab.

C. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not
need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords
assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just
need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE
PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly
to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you
can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista:

Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

D. If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off
Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab).

E. Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users' home
directories or Program Files, but you can share folders inside those
directories. A better choice is to simply use the Shared Documents folder.

Malke
 
T

T. Duprex

"T. Duprex" <tduprexATlandmark.net> wrote in

I have resolved the problem.

Did a search in Goggle Groups and eventually found that the problem can be
caused by IRPSTackSize being non-existent or too small. In my case it
didn't exist. I initially tried a decimal value of 15, which didn't work. I
then increased it to 30 and had success.

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters\IRPStackSize

As a final note it was the second half of the error message that said that
the server may not have enough capacity that really was the clue.
Search Goggle groups for IRPStackSize and there are a bunch of messages to
give you more detailed information.
 
J

John John (MVP)

Now is a fine time to give us all of the error message. If you had
mentioned the "Not enough server storage is available..." part of the
message you would have gotten a fix in no time flat from the respondents
here.

John
 
M

Malke

T. Duprex said:
"T. Duprex" <tduprexATlandmark.net> wrote in

I have resolved the problem.

Did a search in Goggle Groups and eventually found that the problem can be
caused by IRPSTackSize being non-existent or too small. In my case it
didn't exist. I initially tried a decimal value of 15, which didn't work.
I then increased it to 30 and had success.

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters\IRPStackSize

As a final note it was the second half of the error message that said that
the server may not have enough capacity that really was the clue.
Search Goggle groups for IRPStackSize and there are a bunch of messages to
give you more detailed information.
Click to expand...

Yes Sunshine, but you DIDN'T EVER TELL US THAT PART OF THE ERROR MESSAGE.
The answer to which WE ALL KNEW and would have given you if you had
INCLUDED THE EXACT TEXT OF THE ERROR MESSAGE IN YOUR FIRST POST.

Next time before you post:

How to Post:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question
http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.htm - How Not to Get Technical Help on
Usenet


Malke
 
G

Gary S. Terhune

LOL! What *do* you expect from people who spend sometimes hours per day,
nearly every day, for years, researching solutions to Windows problems.
Incompetence?

Generalized questions get generalized answers, usually very long ones,
usually loaded with lists of possibilities and their associated suggested
resolutions. Specific errors, when you provide them in their entirety and
verbatim, frequently lead to immediate, precise answers. Guess which one
takes a LOT more work.
 
T

T. Duprex

Gary:

Understood. No excuse for my not so detailed request. I guess being called
"Sunshine" annooyed me a litte.

Over the years you guys have helped me a lot. Thanks for being there.
 
G

Gary S. Terhune

You mean the "Sunshine" part? Not at all. That was just a little dig brought
on by major frustration. I'm sure that if Malke had intended to flame you,
you'd be off somewhere, crying uncontrollably--still. But I don't recall
Malke being that kind of person.

If you want an example of flame posts, just search Google Groups for posts
by me. Just in the last 24 hours, I've posted scads of them in the
Vista.General group. Of course, it's not fair, what I do, since my targets
are all ignorant non-Linux using trolls. (They claim to use Linux, but they
simply aren't smart enough. Their real goal is to sink Linux forever with
bad press.) I suppose it's totally not PC to make fun of the ignorant.
 
T

T. Duprex

Okay: My bad.

However John John, I have a question.

What might be the cause of IRPStackSize being deleted in the first place?
I know that I read shares from this XP machine last December with no
problem. Nothing major that comes to mind that has happened. The only
event was that a day or so before I loaded SR3 and that went off without
incident. I noticed that Microsoft subsequently loaded several fixes,
presumably for security issues.

TIA
 

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