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Software / Networking 2 windows xp
« on: November 06, 2006, 05:03:07 PM »
One solution to the “<Share> is not accessible. You may not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. Network path was not found†problem.
I have 3 XP Pro computers and a Mandriva 2007 computer on an Ethernet with an ADSL box. The problem was that one of the XP computers could access shares on all of the other computers but none of the others could access this particular one’s shares. All had the AVG anti-virus and the MS Firewall in operation.
I “rtfmâ€ed every thread I could find on the internet about this but none solved the problem.
NETBIOS, file & printer sharing were set on all, IPCONFIG gave similar results for all, all were in the same workgroup with different IP addresses and names. All had hosts and lmhosts files identical. Client for Microsoft Networks was loaded on all. I had been through every TCP/IP, network, firewall, Security Policy and every other parameter I could think of.
The main clue was that everything worked properly if the Microsoft Firewall was disabled on the XP system that would not allow the others to access its shares. Because of the ADSL box, leaving the Firewall off was not an option. So there was something wrong with the Firewall. But what? I compared every parameter in the “Exceptions†and “Advanced†tabs on the Firewall “cpl†(control panel applet) – nothing appeared awry. Incidentally, I could not “ping†the errant XP system but otherwise everything could “ping†everything else.
Eventually I noticed the “Restore Defaults†button on the advanced tab of the Firewall “cplâ€. Taking note of the current settings in the “exceptions†and the “advanced†tabs, I hit the “Restore Defaults†button. The problem was now solved. All I had to do was to put back manually (I could have reinstalled the relevant packages) the settings I had lost.
It would seem that the MS Firewall has the capability of getting its knickers in a twist without you being able to see the specific problem. I guess that the “Restore Defaults†has been put there for a reason.
Hope this is of use to someone out there.
I have 3 XP Pro computers and a Mandriva 2007 computer on an Ethernet with an ADSL box. The problem was that one of the XP computers could access shares on all of the other computers but none of the others could access this particular one’s shares. All had the AVG anti-virus and the MS Firewall in operation.
I “rtfmâ€ed every thread I could find on the internet about this but none solved the problem.
NETBIOS, file & printer sharing were set on all, IPCONFIG gave similar results for all, all were in the same workgroup with different IP addresses and names. All had hosts and lmhosts files identical. Client for Microsoft Networks was loaded on all. I had been through every TCP/IP, network, firewall, Security Policy and every other parameter I could think of.
The main clue was that everything worked properly if the Microsoft Firewall was disabled on the XP system that would not allow the others to access its shares. Because of the ADSL box, leaving the Firewall off was not an option. So there was something wrong with the Firewall. But what? I compared every parameter in the “Exceptions†and “Advanced†tabs on the Firewall “cpl†(control panel applet) – nothing appeared awry. Incidentally, I could not “ping†the errant XP system but otherwise everything could “ping†everything else.
Eventually I noticed the “Restore Defaults†button on the advanced tab of the Firewall “cplâ€. Taking note of the current settings in the “exceptions†and the “advanced†tabs, I hit the “Restore Defaults†button. The problem was now solved. All I had to do was to put back manually (I could have reinstalled the relevant packages) the settings I had lost.
It would seem that the MS Firewall has the capability of getting its knickers in a twist without you being able to see the specific problem. I guess that the “Restore Defaults†has been put there for a reason.
Hope this is of use to someone out there.