Problem with a XP PC on a workgroup

[Joe Bucar]

Hello,
I have a client that has a workgroup for a network that is using a server
with Windows 2000 Professional. This network has 8 PC's attached to it and
7 are Windows XP Pro and 1 is Windows 98. The devices are connected
together on a Netgear DS524 Hub and to the Internet via a D-Link router. The
problem is I have is one PC with XP Pro that was on the network at one time
but can not access it now. This PC can still access the Internet so I can
eliminate the NIC card and the CAT-5 cable. On the server when I do a "Net
View" I can see the PC. When I go through Explore I can see the PC but when
I click on it I get the following message:"\\XPGene1 is not Accessible". At
the PC side of the problem when I go through Explore I can see the Workgroup
but when I click on the workgroup icon I get the following message:
"Workgroup1 is not accessible. You might not have the permission to use this
network resource". I believe I have tried just about every possible
combination to get this device to work. Here are the things that I have
tried. The PC had XPSP2 applied to it and I removed it. I have re-booted
the server thinking that the browser election some how was corrupted. I
have reset the switch. I have uninstalled the network card and then
re-installed the network card and ran the network wizard on the XP PC. I
have added a new user on the server with administrative privileges and used
him on the PC. I have renamed the PC. The users have said that this
problem with this PC has been happening for a couple of months and sometimes
it would be on the network and sometimes it would not be on the network,
Currently the PC has not been on the network for a couple of weeks. Also
during this time the PC was infected with a virus that was cleaned off.
Anybody have any ideas on how to solve this problem short of re-loading the
OS?
Thank You,

Joe

 

[Andre Da Costa]

Gosh, why did you have to write a speech?

Identify problem and ask for help.

Simply say, we have 8 PC's minus one running 98.

Make sure there isn't a IP Conflict, check the TCP/IP settings to make sure
its accessing Server with unique IP address.

Andre

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

What do you mean by a server running Windows 2000 Professional? Do you
really mean a domain controller running Windows 2000 Server? Or do you have
an infrastructure network (workgroup rather than a domain) in which Windows
2000 is on one of the machines?

It sounds like an infrastructure (workgroup) network. If so, perhaps you
should run the Network Wizard on one of the XPs and create a floppy, then
run the network program from the floppy in the problem machine. If the W2k
machine is running Windows 2000 Server, then you must join the domain from
the problem machine.

 

[SlowJet]

Joe,

I thoht your detailed speach was absolutely GREAT.
I can now say without thinking much, just what Colin said, Workgroups
operate differently than users on a Domain controllor.

And the next details are,
do you have all the users on the clients that share,
what security model are you using,

and as Colin said, you need to run the network wizzard on ALL workgroup
computers.

The devil is in the details.

SJ