Workgroup Not Working

[Michael Vestel]

I am unable to open the computers in the same workgroup. I
see all three computers in the same workgroup, but when I
click one of them, I get the following error:
___________________________________________________________
______
\\Laptop is not accessible. You might not have permission
to use this network resource. Contact.

The network path was not found.
___________________________________________________________
______

I have checked and doubled checked that the c drive is
shared on the computer I'm trying to connect to.

I'm actually now able to connect via \\192.168.123.xxx
where xxx is the last three of the various computers. This
works as a work around and proves connectivity is fine.
But why wont the workgroup works.


Computer: OS
Laptop: Win 2000 Professional
LeoraHP: Win2000 Professional
vestelp4: WinXP Professional

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I am unable to open the computers in the same workgroup. I
see all three computers in the same workgroup, but when I
click one of them, I get the following error:
___________________________________________________________
______
\\Laptop is not accessible. You might not have permission
to use this network resource. Contact.

The network path was not found.
___________________________________________________________
______

I have checked and doubled checked that the c drive is
shared on the computer I'm trying to connect to.

I'm actually now able to connect via \\192.168.123.xxx
where xxx is the last three of the various computers. This
works as a work around and proves connectivity is fine.
But why wont the workgroup works.


Computer: OS
Laptop: Win 2000 Professional
LeoraHP: Win2000 Professional
vestelp4: WinXP Professional

These tips should get everything working:

1. Use only one protocol for File and Printer Sharing. If the network
needs more than one protocol, unbind File and Printer Sharing from all
but one of them. Details here:

Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/network_protocols.htm

2. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on each computer:

a. Open the Network Connections folder.
b. Right click the local area network connection and click Properties.
c. Double click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
d. Click Advanced.
e. Click WINS.
f. Click the Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP button.

3. Run "ipconfig /all" on XP Pro and look at the "Node Type" at the
beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should
actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that the
computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on a
peer-to-peer network, for NetBIOS name resolution.

If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key:

HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters

and delete these values if they're present:

NodeType
DhcpNodeType

Reboot, then try network access again.

If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD
value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for
"Mixed".

For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;160177

TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314053
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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