no permission to access network, but can access mapped folder on network

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Paul_B

Hi, hope this is the correct group.

This problem has got me baffled. I have a LAN consisting of two
XP computers connected by router. I have been using the older
machine as a backup device with no problems.

I decided to enable network sharing on the second drive of the
old machine, for space reasons. I successfully did so on the root
folder of the second drive. Then I renamed that drive, and lost
it on the network. Rebooting both machines did not help.

I started over by removing sharing on the problem drive and
instead giving them to a subfolder on that same drive. Still no
good. Windows on the first machine tells me mshome is not
accessible and I might not have permissions.

I am admin on both machines, and the second drive on the old
machine works fine.

Now here's the kicker. All the while, I can still see and access
shared folders on the first drive of the old machine. So Windows
on the newer machine is telling me it can't access the mshome
network but at the same time doing exactly that.

Got to be something simple.

Thanks,
p.
 
Hi, hope this is the correct group.

This problem has got me baffled. I have a LAN consisting of two
XP computers connected by router. I have been using the older
machine as a backup device with no problems.

I decided to enable network sharing on the second drive of the
old machine, for space reasons. I successfully did so on the root
folder of the second drive. Then I renamed that drive, and lost
it on the network. Rebooting both machines did not help.

I started over by removing sharing on the problem drive and
instead giving them to a subfolder on that same drive. Still no
good. Windows on the first machine tells me mshome is not
accessible and I might not have permissions.

I am admin on both machines, and the second drive on the old
machine works fine.

Now here's the kicker. All the while, I can still see and access
shared folders on the first drive of the old machine. So Windows
on the newer machine is telling me it can't access the mshome
network but at the same time doing exactly that.

Got to be something simple.

Thanks,
p.
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Paul,

Take a look at "browstat status", "ipconfig /all", "net config server", and "net
config workstation", from each computer, and 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
 
Paul,

Take a look at "browstat status", "ipconfig /all", "net config server", and "net
config workstation", from each computer, and 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
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Thanks, Chuck. Learned a lot. Here are the readouts from the two
computers. It looks to me that the problem is that no browsers
are functional. I've got the Computer Browser service set to
Automatic on both machines, yet on neither is the service
Started. Not sure if that's pertinent. Net Connections is
Started/Auto, Net DDE is stopped/manual, Net DDE DSDM is
stopped/manual, Net Loc Aware. is Started/manual, Net
provisioning is stopped/manual.

Appreciate your help,
p.



------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Main Machine:*


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : eMachine
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR FA311/FA312
PCI Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-6C-30-89-A9
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.102
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220


netconfig.txt:

Server Name \\EMACHINE
Server Comment 2004

Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{23A9CAE6-92DA-4AB7-A082-B9EDA3684153} (00146c3089a9)


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 \\EMACHINE
Full Computer name eMachine
User name Paulo

Workstation active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{23A9CAE6-92DA-4AB7-A082-B9EDA3684153} (00146C3089A9)

Software version Windows 2002

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

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



Browstat.txt:

Status for domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{23A9CAE6-92DA-4AB7-A082-B9EDA3684153}
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus.


-----------------------------------------------------------------------
*Backup Machine:*


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : xp-1700
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-87-B1-06-DF
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220


netconfig.txt:


Server Name \\XP-1700
Server Comment 1700

Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{F96D712B-0FDB-473D-8636-F3089319D751} (000d87b106df)


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 \\XP-1700
Full Computer name xp-1700
User name admin

Workstation active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{F96D712B-0FDB-473D-8636-F3089319D751} (000D87B106DF)

Software version Windows 2002

Workstation domain MSHOME
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain XP-1700

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


Browstat.txt:



Status for domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{F96D712B-0FDB-473D-8636-F3089319D751}
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus.
 
Thanks, Chuck. Learned a lot. Here are the readouts from the two
computers. It looks to me that the problem is that no browsers
are functional. I've got the Computer Browser service set to
Automatic on both machines, yet on neither is the service
Started. Not sure if that's pertinent. Net Connections is
Started/Auto, Net DDE is stopped/manual, Net DDE DSDM is
stopped/manual, Net Loc Aware. is Started/manual, Net
provisioning is stopped/manual.

Appreciate your help,
p.



------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Main Machine:*


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : eMachine
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR FA311/FA312
PCI Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-6C-30-89-A9
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.102
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220


netconfig.txt:

Server Name \\EMACHINE
Server Comment 2004

Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{23A9CAE6-92DA-4AB7-A082-B9EDA3684153} (00146c3089a9)


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 \\EMACHINE
Full Computer name eMachine
User name Paulo

Workstation active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{23A9CAE6-92DA-4AB7-A082-B9EDA3684153} (00146C3089A9)

Software version Windows 2002

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

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



Browstat.txt:

Status for domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{23A9CAE6-92DA-4AB7-A082-B9EDA3684153}
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus.


-----------------------------------------------------------------------
*Backup Machine:*


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : xp-1700
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-87-B1-06-DF
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220


netconfig.txt:


Server Name \\XP-1700
Server Comment 1700

Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{F96D712B-0FDB-473D-8636-F3089319D751} (000d87b106df)


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 \\XP-1700
Full Computer name xp-1700
User name admin

Workstation active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{F96D712B-0FDB-473D-8636-F3089319D751} (000D87B106DF)

Software version Windows 2002

Workstation domain MSHOME
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain XP-1700

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


Browstat.txt:



Status for domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{F96D712B-0FDB-473D-8636-F3089319D751}
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus.
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Paul,

Make sure that NetBT is explicitly Enabled on both computers.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/netbios-over-tcpip.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/netbios-over-tcpip.html

Then, let's look at the essential services. Run CPSServ on both computers
(download PSTools).
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/cpsserv-comprehensive-psservice-source.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/cpsserv-comprehensive-psservice-source.html
 
Paul,

Make sure that NetBT is explicitly Enabled on both computers.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/netbios-over-tcpip.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/netbios-over-tcpip.html

Then, let's look at the essential services. Run CPSServ on both computers
(download PSTools).
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/cpsserv-comprehensive-psservice-source.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/cpsserv-comprehensive-psservice-source.html
Click to expand...


Wild. This certainly is an education. Your site is super helpful.
I had Enabled NetBT earlier in the day, when I realized I should
because of a change yesterday to fixed LAN IP for the two
computers and one printer. So that base was covered (but I
rechecked anyway).

Here are the cpsserv.cmd readouts. It quite seems I have an
essential services problem. BTW, earlier I stated that Computer
Browser was Automatic but Stopped on both machines. Since then I
Started it on the main machine only, to no avail even after a
long wait. I have the Windows Firewall disabled on both machines,
but the CB service is still running on the main machine, and was
for these tests.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Main machine:*
Start CPSServ V1.10 - EMACHINE

Find Computer Browser ("browser")
Error browsing network:
No active service named browser found.


Find DHCP Client ("dhcp")
Error browsing network:
No active service named dhcp found.


Find TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper ("lmhosts")
Error browsing network:
No active service named lmhosts found.


Find Remote Registry ("remoteregistry")
Error browsing network:
No active service named remoteregistry found.


Find Server ("server")
Error browsing network:
No active service named server found.


Find WF / ICS ("sharedaccess")
Error browsing network:
No active service named sharedaccess found.


Find Workstation ("workstation")
Error browsing network:
No active service named workstation found.

End CPSServ V1.10 - EMACHINE

--------------------------------------------------------------------

*Backup machine:*
Start CPSServ V1.10 - XP-1700

Find Computer Browser ("browser")
Error browsing network:
No active service named browser found.


Find DHCP Client ("dhcp")
Error browsing network:
No active service named dhcp found.


Find TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper ("lmhosts")
Error browsing network:
No active service named lmhosts found.


Find Remote Registry ("remoteregistry")
Error browsing network:
No active service named remoteregistry found.


Find Server ("server")
Error browsing network:
No active service named server found.


Find WF / ICS ("sharedaccess")
Error browsing network:
No active service named sharedaccess found.


Find Workstation ("workstation")
Error browsing network:
No active service named workstation found.

End CPSServ V1.10 - XP-1700


----------------------------------------------------------------

There's something even deeper that I don't understand here. My
main machine under Network Connections lists three networks:

Internet Gateway
Internet Connection Disabled
LAN or High-Speed Internet
Local Area Connection 2 Connected
1394 Connection Disabled

I think "1394" is the name of an ethernet card no longer in use.
I disabled the Gateway connection earlier today in my attempts to
clean things up.

On the backup machine however,

Internet Gateway
Internet Connection Connected
LAN or high-speed Internet
Local Area Connection Connected

Windows here won't let me Disable the gateway connection. I
figured it would be better to have only what's needed enabled.
Again, both machines connect to the LAN and the Internet via a
common router.

Thanks much for your expert help.

p.
 
Then, let's look at the essential services. Run CPSServ on both computers
(download PSTools).
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/cpsserv-comprehensive-psservice-source.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/cpsserv-comprehensive-psservice-source.html
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Ok, Chuck. After looking at the results of the cpsserv.cmd test
that I posted nearby, I went back and found your article on
essential services, at
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/services-running-on-your-computer.html.

I turned on everything I needed to (also put DHCP Client on
Manual, which should be ok), and got instant results. I guess I
had mapped the folders that I could see before I clamped down on
services I didn't think I needed.

I learned a lot from your guidance through this problem, via your
excellent web site. Much thanks for a great job.

p.
 
Ok, Chuck. After looking at the results of the cpsserv.cmd test
that I posted nearby, I went back and found your article on
essential services, at
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/services-running-on-your-computer.html.

I turned on everything I needed to (also put DHCP Client on
Manual, which should be ok), and got instant results. I guess I
had mapped the folders that I could see before I clamped down on
services I didn't think I needed.

I learned a lot from your guidance through this problem, via your
excellent web site. Much thanks for a great job.

p.
Click to expand...

That's great news. Thanks for the feedback, Paul. I'm glad that we got results
so quickly too. It was a pleasure working with you.
 
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