XP Home can't access Win2k Pro files/printers

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

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 02:19:02 -0800, Hoondaddy
wrote:

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.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/default.asp?url=/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/regentry/46688.asp
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:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/default.asp?url=/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/tools_regeditors.asp
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:
http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip
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
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.

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

Chuck,
I can't thank you enough for taking the time to explain this to me. It seems
straightforward, but as a non-tekkie it'll take a few days before I've read &
understood the articles you've attached. A little apprehensive about REGEDIT,
but.... I'm very impressed with the extensive reply and attachments you've
presented here; I'll keep you posted as to progress.... thanks a gajillion,
mate.
HoonDaddy

"Chuck" wrote:

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 02:19:02 -0800, Hoondaddy
wrote:

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.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/default.asp?url=/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/regentry/46688.asp
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:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/default.asp?url=/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/tools_regeditors.asp
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:
http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip
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
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.

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