HELP!!!... am pulling last remnants of nearly fully receded hairline. Can't
get past message "\\... is not accessible. You might not have permission..."
error message when attempting to access Win 2k shared files/printers from XP
Home on wireless network. Both machines can see each other; both can access
Internet: both have enabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP; Belkin54g router firewall
has been configured to accept both machines on network via 'MAC Address
Filtering'; have set up identical user names/passwords... what am I
missing??? Have tried everything.
Hats off to anyone that can debug this,
Cheers
First, look at registry key [HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa], value
restrictanonymous.
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http://www.microsoft.com/windows200...2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/regentry/46688.asp>
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http://www.jsifaq.com/subf/tip2600/rh2625.htm>
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=246261
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296403
The above articles refer to Windows 2000. Remember WinXP is NT V5.1, and Win2K
is NT V5.0.
Have you used the Registry Editor before? If not, it's a scary tool, but it's
pretty simple once you get used to it. Here are a couple articles that might
help:
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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...home/using/productdoc/en/tools_regeditors.asp>
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http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/registry>
Just remember to backup the key (create a registry patch) for
[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa] before making any changes, if
appropriate.
From the Annoyances article:
You can create a Registry patch by opening the Registry Editor, selecting a
branch, and choosing Export from the File menu. Then, specify a filename, and
press OK. You can then view the Registry patch file by opening it in Notepad
(right-click on it and select Edit). Again, just double-click on a Registry
patch file (or use Import in the Registry Editor's File menu) to apply it to the
registry.
Next, take a look at the browser (no I'm not talking about Internet Explorer)
situation on your LAN.
Pick a master browser - the computer that's online the most, and make sure the
browser service is running on that computer. Control Panel - Administrative
Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser, and the TCP/IP NetBIOS
Helper, services both show with Status = Started. Disable the browser service
on the other computer. Power both computers off, and back on again.
The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers you have in your
domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
You can download Browstat from either:
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http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
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http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip>
Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded
file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command
window, by "browstat status". Make sure all computers give the same result.
For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>
Finally, provide ipconfig information for each computer, and we'll diagnose the
problem.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, make sure that Format - Word Wrap is
NOT checked!, copy and paste entire contents into your next post. Identify
operating system (by name, version, and SP level) with each ipconfig listing.
