Unable to Access Other Network Computers

[lms8]

I have 3 computers on a home network. One is using Windows XP, the other 2
Windows 98. All three are able to access the internet (DSL through router)
but I am unable to see the other computers or share files or printers. They
can ping each other but cannot see the computers through Network
Places/Network Neighborhood. On the XP machine I get the following message
when I click on the Workgroup (I'll call the workgroup Smith for these
purposes):

"Smith is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network
resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have
access permissions. The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently
available."

It used to work fine. This is driving me crazy. Please help.

[lms8]

"lms8" wrote:

> I have 3 computers on a home network. One is using Windows XP, the other 2
> Windows 98. All three are able to access the internet (DSL through router)
> but I am unable to see the other computers or share files or printers. They
> can ping each other but cannot see the computers through Network
> Places/Network Neighborhood. On the XP machine I get the following message
> when I click on the Workgroup (I'll call the workgroup Smith for these
> purposes):
>
> "Smith is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network
> resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have
> access permissions. The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently
> available."
>
> It used to work fine. This is driving me crazy. Please help.

Some additional information:

No firewalls have ever been installed on any of the computers.
Guest is turned on.

[bill]

Did you check if "Computer Browser" service is up and running? It is in
Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Services.

"lms8" > wrote in message
...
> "lms8" wrote:
>
> > I have 3 computers on a home network. One is using Windows XP, the
other 2
> > Windows 98. All three are able to access the internet (DSL through
router)
> > but I am unable to see the other computers or share files or printers.
They
> > can ping each other but cannot see the computers through Network
> > Places/Network Neighborhood. On the XP machine I get the following
message
> > when I click on the Workgroup (I'll call the workgroup Smith for these
> > purposes):
> >
> > "Smith is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
network
> > resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you
have
> > access permissions. The list of servers for this workgroup is not
currently
> > available."
> >
> > It used to work fine. This is driving me crazy. Please help.
>
> Some additional information:
>
> No firewalls have ever been installed on any of the computers.
> Guest is turned on.

[freddie]

I am having this same problem as well. I have been through the network setup
wizard dozens of times.

I have 2 desktops.. 1 is XP home which I named "OLD" and the other is XP Pro
which I named "NEW" and both belong to the "HOME" workgroup.

I have shared files, renamed workgroups, played with IP addresses and DNS
but still I am unable to see the systems in network places. If I am on ""OLD"
all I see in Network places is the shared files for the "OLD" system. Same
thing goes for the other one.

I have been through Microsofts help files over and over but still cannot
figure out the problem. I am able to ping IP addresses however I am unable to
ping the computername. IE. ping old or ping new. That doesnt work. What am I
missing here?

"bill" wrote:

> Did you check if "Computer Browser" service is up and running? It is in
> Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Services.
>
> "lms8" > wrote in message
> ...
> > "lms8" wrote:
> >
> > > I have 3 computers on a home network. One is using Windows XP, the
> other 2
> > > Windows 98. All three are able to access the internet (DSL through
> router)
> > > but I am unable to see the other computers or share files or printers.
> They
> > > can ping each other but cannot see the computers through Network
> > > Places/Network Neighborhood. On the XP machine I get the following
> message
> > > when I click on the Workgroup (I'll call the workgroup Smith for these
> > > purposes):
> > >
> > > "Smith is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
> network
> > > resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you
> have
> > > access permissions. The list of servers for this workgroup is not
> currently
> > > available."
> > >
> > > It used to work fine. This is driving me crazy. Please help.
> >
> > Some additional information:
> >
> > No firewalls have ever been installed on any of the computers.
> > Guest is turned on.
>
>
>

[Chuck]

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:07:03 -0700, "lms8" >
wrote:

>"lms8" wrote:
>
>> I have 3 computers on a home network. One is using Windows XP, the other 2
>> Windows 98. All three are able to access the internet (DSL through router)
>> but I am unable to see the other computers or share files or printers. They
>> can ping each other but cannot see the computers through Network
>> Places/Network Neighborhood. On the XP machine I get the following message
>> when I click on the Workgroup (I'll call the workgroup Smith for these
>> purposes):
>>
>> "Smith is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network
>> resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have
>> access permissions. The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently
>> available."
>>
>> It used to work fine. This is driving me crazy. Please help.
>
>Some additional information:
>
>No firewalls have ever been installed on any of the computers.
>Guest is turned on.

Is the Windows XP Home or Pro?

Make sure the browser service is running on each computer. Control Panel -
Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser service is
started.

Diagnose problem: Between the XP Pro and one Win 98 computer, test shares
visibility (use actual name / address of each computer as appropriate):
Start - Run then:
1) \\ThisComputerByName
2) \\ThisComputerByIPAddress
3) \\OtherComputerByName
4) \\OtherComputerByIPAddress
Report visibility of shares / exact error displayed in each test (8 tests
total).

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

[Chuck]

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:29:01 -0700, "freddie"
> wrote:

>I am having this same problem as well. I have been through the network setup
>wizard dozens of times.
>
>I have 2 desktops.. 1 is XP home which I named "OLD" and the other is XP Pro
>which I named "NEW" and both belong to the "HOME" workgroup.
>
>I have shared files, renamed workgroups, played with IP addresses and DNS
>but still I am unable to see the systems in network places. If I am on ""OLD"
>all I see in Network places is the shared files for the "OLD" system. Same
>thing goes for the other one.
>
>I have been through Microsofts help files over and over but still cannot
>figure out the problem. I am able to ping IP addresses however I am unable to
>ping the computername. IE. ping old or ping new. That doesnt work. What am I
>missing here?

Freddie,

You do NOT have the same problem. The OP described a network with Windows 98 on
it. You have two XP computers - one Home, the other Pro.

Please start a new thread with a different Subject, so the folks here can track
your problem more effectively. Posting your question under someone else's is
not efficient, nor is it polite.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

[Chuck]

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:07:03 -0700, "lms8" >
wrote:

>"lms8" wrote:
>
>> I have 3 computers on a home network. One is using Windows XP, the other 2
>> Windows 98. All three are able to access the internet (DSL through router)
>> but I am unable to see the other computers or share files or printers. They
>> can ping each other but cannot see the computers through Network
>> Places/Network Neighborhood. On the XP machine I get the following message
>> when I click on the Workgroup (I'll call the workgroup Smith for these
>> purposes):
>>
>> "Smith is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network
>> resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have
>> access permissions. The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently
>> available."
>>
>> It used to work fine. This is driving me crazy. Please help.
>
>Some additional information:
>
>No firewalls have ever been installed on any of the computers.
>Guest is turned on.

Is the Windows XP Home or Pro?

Make sure the browser service is running on each computer. Control Panel -
Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser service is
started.

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
Identify operating system (by name and version) with each ipconfig listing.

Diagnose the problem: Between the Win XP computer and one Win 98 computer, test
shares visibility (use actual name / address of each computer as appropriate):
Start - Run then:
1) \\ThisComputerByName
2) \\ThisComputerByIPAddress
3) \\OtherComputerByName
4) \\OtherComputerByIPAddress
Report visibility of shares / exact error displayed in each test (8 tests
total).

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

[lms8]

Thank you, Bill, for your response. I should have mentioned that I checked
this. I apologize - I have been dealing with this on and off as time allows
for quite some time and I have forgotten some of the steps I have taken.

"bill" wrote:

> Did you check if "Computer Browser" service is up and running? It is in
> Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Services.
>
> "lms8" > wrote in message
> ...
> > "lms8" wrote:
> >
> > > I have 3 computers on a home network. One is using Windows XP, the
> other 2
> > > Windows 98. All three are able to access the internet (DSL through
> router)
> > > but I am unable to see the other computers or share files or printers.
> They
> > > can ping each other but cannot see the computers through Network
> > > Places/Network Neighborhood. On the XP machine I get the following
> message
> > > when I click on the Workgroup (I'll call the workgroup Smith for these
> > > purposes):
> > >
> > > "Smith is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
> network
> > > resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you
> have
> > > access permissions. The list of servers for this workgroup is not
> currently
> > > available."
> > >
> > > It used to work fine. This is driving me crazy. Please help.
> >
> > Some additional information:
> >
> > No firewalls have ever been installed on any of the computers.
> > Guest is turned on.
>
>
>