What is set different so that on some PCs I can see the shared resources and others not?

[Kelvin]

I have XP PRO machines on a Windows 2003 Server network in a domain.

Some computers when I drill in through Windows Explorer\My Network
Places\Microsoft Windows Network\Domain\Computer
I can see "Printer and Faxes" and "Scheduled Tasks", on other computers I
can't see anything.
I can't map to the hidden drives either if I can't see these shared
resources.

What should I be looking for to see how these computers are setup
differently?

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks

Kelvin

 

[smlunatick]

I have XP PRO machines on a Windows 2003 Server network in a domain.

Some computers when I drill in through Windows Explorer\My Network
Places\Microsoft Windows Network\Domain\Computer
I can see "Printer and Faxes" and "Scheduled Tasks", on other computers I
can't see anything.
I can't map to the hidden drives either if I can't see these shared
resources.

What should I be looking for to see how these computers are setup
differently?

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks

Kelvin

Each PC might have their firewall setting to "block" "File / Printer
sharing."

 

[Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]]

Hello Kelvin,

Is NetBios over TCP/IP enabled on the NIC properties?

If different subnets are in use you need a WINS server for network browsing.

Also make sure to use only Domain DNS servers on the NIC and not any external
one.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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[John John - MVP]

I have XP PRO machines on a Windows 2003 Server network in a domain.

Some computers when I drill in through Windows Explorer\My Network
Places\Microsoft Windows Network\Domain\Computer
I can see "Printer and Faxes" and "Scheduled Tasks", on other computers I
can't see anything.
I can't map to the hidden drives either if I can't see these shared
resources.

What should I be looking for to see how these computers are setup
differently?

Any help would be appreciated!

"My Network Places" is a NetBIOS application, it relies on NetBIOS for
the browse list, make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled.

Other than that make sure that the firewall is not blocking NetBios
traffic. Also verify that the machines are all in the same subnet.

If you can ping you can map with the NET USE command and UNC paths.

John

 

[VanguardLH]

I have XP PRO machines on a Windows 2003 Server network in a domain.

Some computers when I drill in through Windows Explorer\My Network
Places\Microsoft Windows Network\Domain\Computer
I can see "Printer and Faxes" and "Scheduled Tasks", on other computers I
can't see anything.
I can't map to the hidden drives either if I can't see these shared
resources.

What should I be looking for to see how these computers are setup
differently?

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks

Kelvin

Is the Guest account disabled on the problematic hosts?

 

[Kelvin]

I checked the other suggesting and all seemed well.
I'll check the account and see what its status is...

Thanks