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Can't access computers on network
For some reason, since I last had to reinstall windows, I can't access any of
the computers on my home network from network places. I have Windows XP Home with SP 2. Two of the other computers have the same OS and the third one has XP Professional. I can ping all of my computers from each other. I can use tracert and pingpath and find all of my computers. One computer can see one other computer on my network, however, none of the others can see each other. When I double click network places and then select entire network and then microsoft windows network and then double click on my home network I get the following error message: (name of network) is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this 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. I am the computer administrator. All of the other computers except one, my son's only have administrator accounts. I'm the administrator on his. I use a Netgear WGU624 router. I have Zone Alarm firewall and AVG Pro anti-virus. All computers have Internet access. All computers have at least some of the drives and the shared document folders available for sharing. Any help/suggestions would really be appreciated. Thanks in advance, bruce |
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Can't access computers on network
On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 20:38:01 -0700, abrucewebb
wrote: For some reason, since I last had to reinstall windows, I can't access any of the computers on my home network from network places. I have Windows XP Home with SP 2. Two of the other computers have the same OS and the third one has XP Professional. I can ping all of my computers from each other. I can use tracert and pingpath and find all of my computers. One computer can see one other computer on my network, however, none of the others can see each other. When I double click network places and then select entire network and then microsoft windows network and then double click on my home network I get the following error message: (name of network) is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this 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. I am the computer administrator. All of the other computers except one, my son's only have administrator accounts. I'm the administrator on his. I use a Netgear WGU624 router. I have Zone Alarm firewall and AVG Pro anti-virus. All computers have Internet access. All computers have at least some of the drives and the shared document folders available for sharing. Any help/suggestions would really be appreciated. Thanks in advance, bruce Bruce, The error "The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available." is most likely a NetBT setting or a personal firewall problem. http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/0...ing-using.html Look at logs from "browstat status", "ipconfig /all", "net config server", and "net config workstation", from each computer, and diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked articles, and follow instructions precisely (download browstat!): http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...#AskingForHelp -- Cheers, Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking] http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/ Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience. My email is AT DOT actual address pchuck mvps org. |
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Can't access computers on network
" Bruce, The error "The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available." is most likely a NetBT setting or a personal firewall problem. http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/0...ing-using.html Look at logs from "browstat status", "ipconfig /all", "net config server", and "net config workstation", from each computer, and diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked articles, and follow instructions precisely (download browstat!): http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...#AskingForHelp -- Cheers, Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking] http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/ Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience. My email is AT DOT actual address pchuck mvps org. Chuck, Thanks for the info, I'll try it when I get a bit of time and let you know how it comes out. Got this too late tonight to do anything with it. bruce |
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Can't access computers on network
Chuck,
Reading through all the material I came upon your point about leaving the windows firewall service running. That wasn't the problem, but it got me to thinking about other services I might have disabled. And sure enough, it was one of those. So, thanks for your help and I bookmarked your page. bruce |
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Can't access computers on network
On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:40:01 -0700, abrucewebb
wrote: Chuck, Reading through all the material I came upon your point about leaving the windows firewall service running. That wasn't the problem, but it got me to thinking about other services I might have disabled. And sure enough, it was one of those. So, thanks for your help and I bookmarked your page. bruce Thanks for the update, Bruce. I'm glad my articles helped you to sort the problem, if even indirectly. Do you remember which service was the problem? -- Cheers, Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking] http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/ Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience. My email is AT DOT actual address pchuck mvps org. |
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Can't access computers on network
Chuck,
I usually use Black Viper's website to configure my services. There are just too many that are unnecessary taking up RAM. The service that seemed to do the trick was net.tcp port sharing. which is kinda funny as I now have it on manual, it's not running, and I can see the other computers. Oh well. I also didn't have the computer browser service running on any of the computers. I made that automatic. So, that could have been the problem, also. bruce "Chuck [MVP]" wrote: On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:40:01 -0700, abrucewebb wrote: Chuck, Reading through all the material I came upon your point about leaving the windows firewall service running. That wasn't the problem, but it got me to thinking about other services I might have disabled. And sure enough, it was one of those. So, thanks for your help and I bookmarked your page. bruce Thanks for the update, Bruce. I'm glad my articles helped you to sort the problem, if even indirectly. Do you remember which service was the problem? -- Cheers, Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking] http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/ Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience. My email is AT DOT actual address pchuck mvps org. |
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Can't access computers on network
On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:16:01 -0700, abrucewebb
wrote: "Chuck [MVP]" wrote: On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:40:01 -0700, abrucewebb wrote: Chuck, Reading through all the material I came upon your point about leaving the windows firewall service running. That wasn't the problem, but it got me to thinking about other services I might have disabled. And sure enough, it was one of those. So, thanks for your help and I bookmarked your page. bruce Thanks for the update, Bruce. I'm glad my articles helped you to sort the problem, if even indirectly. Do you remember which service was the problem? Chuck, I usually use Black Viper's website to configure my services. There are just too many that are unnecessary taking up RAM. The service that seemed to do the trick was net.tcp port sharing. which is kinda funny as I now have it on manual, it's not running, and I can see the other computers. Oh well. I also didn't have the computer browser service running on any of the computers. I made that automatic. So, that could have been the problem, also. bruce Thanks, Bruce. It's good to see BV back online too. My guess would be the browser service, which does need to be on at least one computer. That will definitely cause "The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available." http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...lways-see.html -- Cheers, Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking] http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/ Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience. My email is AT DOT actual address pchuck mvps org. |
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