XP Home - permissions

[Kevin]

i have reviewed all the postings on the '.... is not
accessible. You might not have permission to use this
resource. COntract the administrator of this server to
find out if you have access permissions.'

to date i cannot find a clear solution.

can someone help or post me in the right direction!Q

Thanks

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

i have reviewed all the postings on the '.... is not
accessible. You might not have permission to use this
resource. COntract the administrator of this server to
find out if you have access permissions.'

to date i cannot find a clear solution.

can someone help or post me in the right direction!Q

Thanks

There are no access permissions in Windows XP Home Edition, so that
error message is misleading.

Something else is causing the problem. Without any information about
your network, I can't say what it is. Here are some general tips that
should help:

1. Permanently disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall on
local area network connections -- it's for use only on a direct modem
connection to the Internet. Disable and un-install all other firewall
programs while troubleshooting. When un-installing a firewall
program, use the un-install procedure provided by the manufacturer .
Don't use Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs, which might not
completely un-install it.

For more information, see:

Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/ic_firewall.htm

2. 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

3. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers.
Details here:

Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/netbt.htm

4. Run "ipconfig /all" on XP 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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[Guest]

Hello Steve

I am also having the problem that I can access my XP box from my 98 PC. I ran ipconfig and the node type is "unknown". I tried to fillow your suggestion to change the entries in the registry, but I can not find an values pertaining to node type in Parameters of NetBT. I have XP home edition. Any suggestions

Bruno

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Hello Steve,

I am also having the problem that I can access my XP box from my 98 PC. I ran ipconfig and the node type is "unknown". I tried to fillow your suggestion to change the entries in the registry, but I can not find an values pertaining to node type in Parameters of NetBT. I have XP home edition. Any suggestions?

Bruno

Hi, Bruno. Node type "unknown" is OK, so there's no need for you to
do anything in the registry. Only node type "Peer-to-Peer" is a
problem. I'd look elsewhere for the solution.

Assuming that the computers have IP addresses in the same subnet, the
problem is likely to be with a firewall or with the NetBIOS over
TCP/IP settings.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

 

[Guest]

Hi Steve

Thank you for clearing up the confusion about the node type.

Unfortunately I am still fighting with the same problem. I tried with enabling NetBIOS over TCP/IP. Still no permission to access my XP box. I veryifed again that I have disabled the XP firewall as well as the McAffee firewall. Somewhere I read a while back, disabling the firewall may not be sufficient. The firewall should actually be uninstalled. This pertained to Northon firewal though. Should I do the same with my McAfee firewall? I have not tried this yet, as I only have a 56K modem and downloading it again takes a while.

Are the any setting (NetBIOS over TCP/IP) which I may have overlooked? As I had mentioned earlier, I have manually set the IP address in my XP box to 192.168.0.1 with subnet mask 255.255.255.0 and DNS addresses at 4.2.2.2 and alternate to 4.2.2.1. No TCP/IP filtering is set.

Bruno

 

[Guest]

I want to add one more detail: I realized that the option "Sharing and Security" is not available in the properties of my C drive. Any idea why?

Bruno