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xp home networking solution :)
I know this is a bit long but I think it will help many people.
I had 2 pc's with xp home sp2 on them. A was the connection to the net via a cable modem with ics operating and also had a nic for the lan via a hub. B connected to the net through A. A could see and access B with no problems at all. B could ping A, B could access the net via the ics but could not see A in any way shape or form through windows explorer ( not inet explorer). The following is the combination of things done which ultimately fixed the problem. The first bit is info direct from MS newsgroups and because of what it says I am very tempted to think that the last little regedit fix was all it needed to solve the whole problem, I could be wrong though, and I am not about to goto fresh installs to try it out )). I would be really keen to hear feedback if just this regedit fix cures the problem without the other bits. This error ought not occour on XP home. It has Simple File Sharing hard-wired, and this makes all sharing work through the Guest account behind-the scenes. For some season, a security setting is getting accidentally set, which prohibits Guest access across the LAN. This is easy to fix on XP pro, but the necessary commands are missing in XP Home. First, on the machine you can't see, download and install the: Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=4544 Once the install has finished, go to: Start | All Programs | Windows Resource Kit Tools | Command Shell Enter these commands, exactly as they appear he net user guest /active:yes ntrights +r SeNetworkLogonRight -u Guest ntrights -r SeDenyNetworkLogonRight -u Guest You should be notified that the rights have been succesfully granted or revoked. See if you can connect to this machine now. When I did this the message I got changed from " \\elmo 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. Logon failu the user has not been granted the requested logon type at this computer " to " \\elmo 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. Access denied " I un-shared any shares and drives I had created; Ran the Network Setup Wizard once again, just in case; Re-shared a folder as a test. Then try to connect from the other machine. But not by browsing to \\elmo. In the first instance, try to connect by mapping a network drive. On the other machine, use windows explorer. (NOT internet Explorer) Tools \ Map network drive. In the Folder box, enter \\elmo\sharename where elmo is the name of the machine you are trying to connect to. Last little bit which cured all my woes and I actually have now unmapped the shares etc and just have the folders appearing in my network places in windows explorer. On the XP machines, click Start, click Run, type REGEDIT (hit enter) Go to the following reg key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\LSA Look for "RestrictAnonymous" and ensure it is set to 0. Reboot for changes to take affect Many thanks to Ron Lowe and Carey Holzman for their help in fixing this for myself and hopefully many others. |
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xp home networking solution :)
You put that together nicely. Thanks for compiling and sharing your story. I
am sure it will help many others with similar issues in the future. Carey "alfoilman" wrote in message ... I know this is a bit long but I think it will help many people. I had 2 pc's with xp home sp2 on them. A was the connection to the net via a cable modem with ics operating and also had a nic for the lan via a hub. B connected to the net through A. A could see and access B with no problems at all. B could ping A, B could access the net via the ics but could not see A in any way shape or form through windows explorer ( not inet explorer). The following is the combination of things done which ultimately fixed the problem. The first bit is info direct from MS newsgroups and because of what it says I am very tempted to think that the last little regedit fix was all it needed to solve the whole problem, I could be wrong though, and I am not about to goto fresh installs to try it out )). I would be really keen to hear feedback if just this regedit fix cures the problem without the other bits. This error ought not occour on XP home. It has Simple File Sharing hard-wired, and this makes all sharing work through the Guest account behind-the scenes. For some season, a security setting is getting accidentally set, which prohibits Guest access across the LAN. This is easy to fix on XP pro, but the necessary commands are missing in XP Home. First, on the machine you can't see, download and install the: Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=4544 Once the install has finished, go to: Start | All Programs | Windows Resource Kit Tools | Command Shell Enter these commands, exactly as they appear he net user guest /active:yes ntrights +r SeNetworkLogonRight -u Guest ntrights -r SeDenyNetworkLogonRight -u Guest You should be notified that the rights have been succesfully granted or revoked. See if you can connect to this machine now. When I did this the message I got changed from " \\elmo 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. Logon failu the user has not been granted the requested logon type at this computer " to " \\elmo 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. Access denied " I un-shared any shares and drives I had created; Ran the Network Setup Wizard once again, just in case; Re-shared a folder as a test. Then try to connect from the other machine. But not by browsing to \\elmo. In the first instance, try to connect by mapping a network drive. On the other machine, use windows explorer. (NOT internet Explorer) Tools \ Map network drive. In the Folder box, enter \\elmo\sharename where elmo is the name of the machine you are trying to connect to. Last little bit which cured all my woes and I actually have now unmapped the shares etc and just have the folders appearing in my network places in windows explorer. On the XP machines, click Start, click Run, type REGEDIT (hit enter) Go to the following reg key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\LSA Look for "RestrictAnonymous" and ensure it is set to 0. Reboot for changes to take affect Many thanks to Ron Lowe and Carey Holzman for their help in fixing this for myself and hopefully many others. |
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