Networking or not....that is the question

[Nevets68]

Hello all.

Here's my situation.
I have 2 pc's...both are Windows XP based.
One I've called Intel and the other AMD ( original aye?).
Anyways, INTEL can connect (via my network places ) the drives on the AMD
pc.
When I try to do it from the AMD pc to the INTEL, I receive the following :

\\Intel 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
permissions.

The server service is not started.

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I have :

1. Checked to see if the server service is running, it is. ( on both pc's)
2. I've received the same error messages when using Simple file sharing and
with it disabled.
3. Built in Windows firewall is disabled.
4. Both pc's are using SP2.

I'm completely baffled...any ideas?


P.S. I am able to ping each computer btw.

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

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.... is not accessible

Message: "....is not accessible. You may not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if
you have access permissions. Network path was not found."

Resolutions:
1) make sure no any firewall running.
2) make sure you have created the same workgroup, and the same username on
w2k/xp for logging on a remote computer.
3) check user's rights.
4) you may want to enable guest account on w2k/xp.
5) if you are using simple file sharing, you may try to disable it and
re-share the drive manually.
6) if it is mixed OS (win98, NT, ME and W2K/XP) network, enable NetBIOS over
TCP/IP.
7) make sure the Computer Browser service is started if all computers are
w2k/xp.
8) stop Computer Browser service on win9x, ME and NT if this is a mixed OS
network.
9) cache credential by using net use \\computername\share /user:username
command (it is better to have the username logon shared computer).
10) if you have tried enabling netbios over tcp/ip but doesn't work, you may
try to load netbeui (loading netbeui may slow your network).
11) Make sure the server service is running.
12) If you can see the share in Network Neighborhood but not access it, this
issue may be resolved by verifying that both the share permissions and the
NTFS partition permissions are correctly configured for individual user or
group access.



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[Guest]

Is one box XP Pro and the other XP Home? I have that exact same problem but
one box is Home and Other is Pro. I can network any OS's together.. but for
some reason not Home and Pro?!