<workgroup> is not accessible???

[David Gibbs]

This is driving me crazy ... I just upgraded my Win2K system to XP Pro
(almost exclusively so I can get remote desktop).

When I was using Win2K, I had a small workgroup setup and working fine.
Now that I have XP installed, I am getting the error "<workgroup> is not
accessible ...".

I have Netbios over TCP/IP enabled, the builtin firewall is disabled, no
other firewalling software is installed, and the workgroup worked fine
before.

I have reviewed the MS kb article
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318030, but nothing there seems to apply.

My network consists of my XP pro system, my wife's Win2K system, and a
linux system running Samba. All in the same workgroup.

I AM able to map drives directly to other systems and access them via a
share. I just can't browse the workgroup.

Any suggestions on a next step for troubleshooting?

Thanks!

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

quoted from http://www.ChicagoTech.net
System Error 1240 - The account is not authorized to login from this
station.
Symptoms: 1. You may get the system error 1240 when using net view
\\remotecomputer'
2. "Workgroup_name is not accessible. Account is Not Authorized to Log In to
this Station" when attempting to browse the workgroup from a networking
computer.

Resolutions: 1. Use Regedit to enable unencrypted (plain text) passwords for
the SMB client.
2. Enable Send Unencrypted Password to Connect to 3rd Party SMB Servers
under Local Security Policy.
3. Set the following policies as showing:
Digitally sign client communications (always) - disabled
Digitally sign server communications (always)- disabled
Digitally sign server communications (when possible) - disabled
LAN Manager Authentication Level set to Send LM and NTLM - use NTLMv2
session security if negotiated - (default) send LM & NTLM responses
Secure channel: Digitally encrypt or sign secure channel data (always) -
disabled
Secure channel: Require strong (Windows 2000 or later) session key -
disabled
4. Contact the third-party SMB server manufacturer if you have a third-party
SMB server, such as DEC Pathworks, Samba or Linux.


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