I have an awkward problem. I had professional help with this problem before.
The problem is that computer A can see B but "does not have permission."
Computer B can see and connect to A just fine.

Maybe this is only bizarre to me, but the solution to the problem involved
changing the settings for the guest account on computer A. I had to change a
couple of settings so that there was no password and all the appropriate
permissions.

Circumstances arose, and I had to set a password on my computer. Likewise I
had to disable the guest account. Later, those circumstances subsided, and I
re-enabled the guest account and removed the admin password. Now, I am back
to the problem mentioned above.  Keep in mind that the only change has been
the disabling and re-enabling of the guest account which I believe resets all
the changes that were made to the guest account (permissions and all that).

I think there are 2 or 3 places that I had to go and adjust settings for
this. Can someone help me with that? I'm going to include the ipconfig below
for what its worth, but none of that really matters with the problem that I
have. i'll post the browse thing in a bit.

Thanks,
Rev



Windows IP Configuration



        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : TECHNOMANCER

        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :

        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC

        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-EA-40-01-FE

        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.100

        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

                                            192.168.0.2

here's the browstat from computer A (aka technomancer)


Status for domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{03358441-2C92-4A84-8852-0558C8EABAD3}
    Browsing is active on domain.
    Master browser name is: GIR
Could not open key in registry, error = 5        Unable to determine build
of browser master: 5
    \\\\GIR           .  Version:05.01  Flags: 71003 NT POTENTIAL BACKUP
MASTER
    2 backup servers retrieved from master GIR
        \\GIR
        \\TECHNOMANCER
    There are 2 servers in domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{03358441-2C92-4A84-8852-0558C8EABAD3}
    There are 1 domains in domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{03358441-2C92-4A84-8852-0558C8EABAD3}

Finally, here's the browstat from computer B (aka Gir)


Status for domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{F59A10DE-BE32-4735-AC5A-0979B9F266A6}
    Browsing is active on domain.
    Master browser name is: GIR
        Master browser is running build 2600
    2 backup servers retrieved from master GIR
        \\TECHNOMANCER
        \\GIR
    There are 2 servers in domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{F59A10DE-BE32-4735-AC5A-0979B9F266A6}
    There are 1 domains in domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{F59A10DE-BE32-4735-AC5A-0979B9F266A6}

Here's my browstat from computer A (aka technomancer)

Status for domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{03358441-2C92-4A84-8852-0558C8EABAD3}
    Browsing is active on domain.
    Master browser name is: GIR
Could not open key in registry, error = 5        Unable to determine build
of browser master: 5
    \\\\GIR           .  Version:05.01  Flags: 71003 NT POTENTIAL BACKUP
MASTER
    2 backup servers retrieved from master GIR
        \\GIR
        \\TECHNOMANCER
    There are 2 servers in domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{03358441-2C92-4A84-8852-0558C8EABAD3}
    There are 1 domains in domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{03358441-2C92-4A84-8852-0558C8EABAD3}

On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 15:46:02 -0800, Rev <R**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Show quoteHide quoteRev,

OK, the browstat logs show no problem there - both computers are visible to each
other ("There are 2 servers in domain IRKEN-NETWORK").  Let's concentrate on
actual permissions.  This article will go over each setting which you want to
check first.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Help>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Help

Thanks for the reply chuck. I spent HOURS going through your site yesterday.

I am using simple file sharing. I have Guest activated (via net user). I
made sure that neither one has a password, I think. My account doesnt have a
password, but I don't know if the Guest account does. I don't have the option
of resetting my password and when I go to reset the Guest password, I leave
it blank and hit <enter>. The reset password always appears for the Guest. I
exxpect this is because the option "users must enter a user name and
passsword to use this computer" is checked.  Should reset password appear for
mine as well? Should I put a space or something in the password fields?

My restrictanonymous is set to 0.  I ahve everyone in my guest
authentication list, and not guest.

Finally, The error message that I get when trying to connect to the other
computer is "\\Gir\shareddocs is not accessible. You might not have
permission to use this network resource. Contact admin... Access is denied."

perhaps needlessly I will repeat the other information. Gir can connect to
me fine. I cannot connect to it. And this was following the disabling and
renabling of guest as well as the adding and then removal of a main password.

Thanks again.

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 11:47:02 -0800, Rev <R**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Show quoteHide quoteWhat's the actual path of "\\Gir\shareddocs"?  Remember the limitations of Guest
access.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest

Remember that restrictanonymous is not the only setting to check.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/05/registry-settings-which-affect-access.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/05/registry-settings-which-affect-access.html

Can you disable Simple File Sharing, and check permissions in detail?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/09/server-access-authorisation.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/09/server-access-authorisation.html

I'm not sure I understand the limitations of guest access. First, because
everything was shared fine before I decided to put a password on my system, I
don't see how it can be a limitation. Second, its C;\documents and
settings\all users\documents, so its not a special folder or anything. I know
you are just trying to cover all bases.

I checked your link this time. I don't know how I missed the
restrictnullSessaccess when searching through all this yesterday before
making the original post. I don't seem to have a registry for that. As in, I
do not have a registry called 'restrictnullsessaccess' in
HKLM\system\currentcontrolset\services\lanmanserver\parameters.
Should I? or is this only a problem if I have it and its set to 1?

Ok.. problem with the ACL stuff... I've been lost for quite sometime, only
to find out that I don't have the tab that I keep being referred to. If I
right click a folder, and click sharing and security, I have a 'General' tab,
a 'Sharing' tab, and a 'customize' tab. So, I'm not able to access this
security tab. Is there another way to get to it because I can't seem to
follow how. Also, the more I read about this, the more it sounds like this is
something that should be done on the other computer (Gir) and not mine
because its related to specific shared folders. Is there a way to access that
ntfs permissions without going to a specific folder?

Ok, I read the thing about disabling simple file sharing. And again this
seems relevent only to the other computer (Gir). I will try it anyway and
post back in a bit, but I don't hold out hope.

To re-iterate, the problem (originally, before I got professional help) was
the same as now, in that GIR can access TECHNOMANCER but not the other way.
The problem was on TECHNOMANCER and it involved access and permissions
relating to the creation of a guest account for GIR to access (despite the
fact that GIR already worked). Apparently, TECHNOMANCER would not read from
GIR without recognizing GIR has having an account, even though it let GIR
leech from me left and right. I don't intend to sound patronizing. I just
want to stress that some of these solutions (which I may be entirely
misreading) seem to focus on the other computer (GIR) and not mine. Am I
misreading your extremely descriptive links?

I'll recheck some permissions again..

Thanks for taking your time with me..

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 15:19:01 -0800, Rev <R**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Show quoteHide quoteYou need to be consistent with the passwords.  What exactly did you do, to put a
password on your system?  Did you change both computers, equally?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Synchronise>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Synchronise

Are both GIR and TECHNOMANCER running Windows XP Pro?

Other than requiring a common password, the Guest accounts on the two computers
are completely independent of each other.

All settings related to Guest access will be found on the server, not the
client.  If you had a problem where you could not access TECHNOMANCER from GIR,
you had to correct the problem on TECHNOMANCER.  If you have a problem where you
cannot access GIR from TECHNOMANCER, you'll have to correct the problem on GIR.

Thanks again for replying.

I've tried two things on the password. First, I went into user accounts and
set a password and then removed it. For guest, I used the 'user passwords2'
to reset the guest account, left them blank and clicked ok.

Next time, I tried putting a space in each spot for both paswords. this also
failed and actually made it so that neither computer could talk to each
other. I tried this again with test in both places. This also failed and
resulted in neither computer being able to talk to each other.

Finally I went back and did remove password on everything so that everything
does not require a password.

I went back and checked the restrictnullsessaccess, deny access to...,
access computer from..., made sure guest account was on, simple file sharing
on, tcp/ip, etc. Both computers have all of the same settings.


I'm trying everything that you ask, and will continue as long as you try to
help me. This is a difficult problem, it took me almost 2 months to find
someone that could fix it. When Carey Holzman fixed this, he resolved an
issue on TECHNOMANCER that prevented it from talking to GIR despite GIR being
able to grab files from TECHNOMANCER.

Thanks again.

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:43:02 -0800, Rev <R**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Show quoteHide quoteOK, let's start from the bottom up.  Check the status of the necessary network
services, run from both computers.  Remember to download PSTools (free) first.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/cpsserv-comprehensive-psservice-source.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/cpsserv-comprehensive-psservice-source.html

as per your request:

technomancer:
Start CPSServ V1.10 - TECHNOMANCER

Find Computer Browser ("browser")

Checking \\GIR...Unable to open Service Control Manager database on \\\GIR:

Checking \\TECHNOMANCER...
Found browser on:

\\TECHNOMANCER


Find DHCP Client ("dhcp")

Checking \\GIR...Unable to open Service Control Manager database on \\\GIR:

Checking \\TECHNOMANCER...
Found dhcp on:

\\TECHNOMANCER


Find TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper ("lmhosts")

Checking \\GIR...Unable to open Service Control Manager database on \\\GIR:

Checking \\TECHNOMANCER...
Found lmhosts on:

\\TECHNOMANCER


Find Remote Registry ("remoteregistry")

Checking \\GIR...Unable to open Service Control Manager database on \\\GIR:

Checking \\TECHNOMANCER...
Found remoteregistry on:

\\TECHNOMANCER


Find Server ("server")

Checking \\GIR...Unable to open Service Control Manager database on \\\GIR:

Checking \\TECHNOMANCER...
Found server on:

\\TECHNOMANCER


Find WF / ICS ("sharedaccess")

Checking \\GIR...Unable to open Service Control Manager database on \\\GIR:

Checking \\TECHNOMANCER...
Found sharedaccess on:

\\TECHNOMANCER


Find Workstation ("workstation")

Checking \\GIR...Unable to open Service Control Manager database on \\\GIR:

Checking \\TECHNOMANCER...
Found workstation on:

\\TECHNOMANCER

End CPSServ V1.10 - TECHNOMANCER

GIR:
tart CPSServ V1.10 - GIR

Find Computer Browser ("browser")

Checking \\GIR...
Found browser on:

\\GIR

Checking \\TECHNOMANCER...Unable to open Service Control Manager database on
\\\TECHNOMANCER:


Find DHCP Client ("dhcp")

Checking \\GIR...
Found dhcp on:

\\GIR

Checking \\TECHNOMANCER...Unable to open Service Control Manager database on
\\\TECHNOMANCER:


Find TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper ("lmhosts")

Checking \\GIR...
Found lmhosts on:

\\GIR

Checking \\TECHNOMANCER...Unable to open Service Control Manager database on
\\\TECHNOMANCER:


Find Remote Registry ("remoteregistry")

Checking \\GIR...
Found remoteregistry on:

\\GIR

Checking \\TECHNOMANCER...Unable to open Service Control Manager database on
\\\TECHNOMANCER:


Find Server ("server")

Checking \\GIR...
Found server on:

\\GIR

Checking \\TECHNOMANCER...Unable to open Service Control Manager database on
\\\TECHNOMANCER:


Find WF / ICS ("sharedaccess")

Checking \\GIR...
Found sharedaccess on:

\\GIR

Checking \\TECHNOMANCER...Unable to open Service Control Manager database on
\\\TECHNOMANCER:


Find Workstation ("workstation")

Checking \\GIR...
Found workstation on:

\\GIR

Checking \\TECHNOMANCER...Unable to open Service Control Manager database on
\\\TECHNOMANCER:

End CPSServ V1.10 - GIR

I just read an article on your site that didnt make a whole lot of sense. I
thought it might be worth noting though. Both pc's run an nforce motherboard.
I don't have the ipconfig screen that you show. But, I still felt it might be
worth mentioning.

nevermind... I don't have those particular drivers..

Show quoteHide quote

On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 11:31:02 -0800, Rev <R**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Well, we haven't looked at "ipconfig /all" yet, just "browstat status", so the
subject of the network adapter never came up.  But that's certainly a
possibility.

It's definitely something on Gir, assuming that Guest on both computers is
equally activated.

And if the nForce is involved, that's surely a candidate for the problem.  Are
both nForces the same hardware model?  Are they running the same driver
versions?

Let's look at "browstat status",  "ipconfig /all", "net config server", and "net
config workstation", from each computer.

ok if you go to the top I have the browse stat for each computer
(technomancer twice by accident) and I have the ipconfig /all for
technomancer. but I'm going to include them reposted here for convenience.
(ACTUALLY, look at it now, I've noticed that when I reset my router and such
today it changed some things so I guess its good I decided to post it anyway.

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : TECHNOMANCER

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-EA-40-01-FE

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.100

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

192.168.0.2



Status for domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{61A38225-C56A-4D8F-8740-D2F401FB779E}
    Browsing is active on domain.
    Master browser name is: GIR
Could not open key in registry, error = 5        Unable to determine build
of browser master: 5
    \\\\GIR           .  Version:05.01  Flags: 51003 NT POTENTIAL MASTER
    1 backup servers retrieved from master GIR
        \\GIR
    There are 2 servers in domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{61A38225-C56A-4D8F-8740-D2F401FB779E}
    There are 1 domains in domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{61A38225-C56A-4D8F-8740-D2F401FB779E}



Server Name                           \\TECHNOMANCER
Server Comment                        Black Death

Software version                      Windows 2002
Server is active on                  
    NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
    NetBT_Tcpip_{61A38225-C56A-4D8F-8740-D2F401FB779E} (000fea4001fe)


Server hidden                         No
Maximum Logged On Users               10
Maximum open files per session        16384

Idle session time (min)               15
The command completed successfully.

Computer name                        \\TECHNOMANCER
Full Computer name                   TECHNOMANCER
User name                            Rev

Workstation active on               
    NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
    NetBT_Tcpip_{61A38225-C56A-4D8F-8740-D2F401FB779E} (000FEA4001FE)

Software version                     Windows 2002

Workstation domain                   IRKEN-NETWORK
Workstation Domain DNS Name          (null)
Logon domain                         TECHNOMANCER

COM Open Timeout (sec)               0
COM Send Count (byte)                16
COM Send Timeout (msec)              250
The command completed successfully.


for GIR the browsestat is above in one of the first couple of posts..
Windows IP Configuration



        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : gir

        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :

        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC

        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-EA-0E-CD-E9

        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.101

        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, November 08, 2006
3:44:03 PM

        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, November 15, 2006
3:44:03 PM


Status for domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{F59A10DE-BE32-4735-AC5A-0979B9F266A6}
    Browsing is active on domain.
    Master browser name is: GIR
        Master browser is running build 2600
    1 backup servers retrieved from master GIR
        \\GIR
    There are 2 servers in domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{F59A10DE-BE32-4735-AC5A-0979B9F266A6}
    There are 1 domains in domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{F59A10DE-BE32-4735-AC5A-0979B9F266A6}



Server Name                           \\GIR
Server Comment                        Idiot Dog Brain

Software version                      Windows 2002
Server is active on                  
    NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
    NetBT_Tcpip_{F59A10DE-BE32-4735-AC5A-0979B9F266A6} (000fea0ecde9)


Server hidden                         No
Maximum Logged On Users               10
Maximum open files per session        16384

Idle session time (min)               15
The command completed successfully.


Computer name                        \\GIR
Full Computer name                   gir
User name                            Shine

Workstation active on               
    NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
    NetBT_Tcpip_{F59A10DE-BE32-4735-AC5A-0979B9F266A6} (000FEA0ECDE9)

Software version                     Windows 2002

Workstation domain                   IRKEN-NETWORK
Workstation Domain DNS Name          (null)
Logon domain                         GIR

COM Open Timeout (sec)               0
COM Send Count (byte)                16
COM Send Timeout (msec)              250
The command completed successfully.


Ok... so today I ran into some issues when I tried to follow the stuff about
the nforce thing, I accidentally deleted a driver that I wasnt supposed to.
Long story short, I had to reinstall all my nforce drivers and whatnot to get
my ethernet working again. I also had to reset my router. In doing so, I'm
now seeing that whereas before the browstat was fine for both computers (see
post numbers 2 and 3 at the top) they are now a bit different showing my pc
(technomancer) not to be listed as a backup server. I thought I got
everything back to where it was before I messed with my drivers since my pc
can access the net and see GIR but not access anything on Gir, and gir can
access the net and grab files from me.

I'm going back through the other settings above to make sure nothing else
has changed..

On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 18:34:02 -0800, Rev <R**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:


OK, to make this work for us let's do it right.

We don't know what the problem is.  Whenever you make any change to either
computer - re install a driver or tweak a setting - you may affect the network.
The diagnostics are there to help us figure out where the problem is.  If you
make any changes, any one of the previous diagnostics may change.

Make it easy on us both.  When you make any changes, rerun all 4 tests x 2
computers, and post all 8 logs, as updated.  Don't guess at what you think has
changed - let's look at all of it.

And when you read an article about the problem, ask questions before deleting
drivers that you're not supposed to.  Please.

well those are the current logs.

I went back through everything (the ACls and all that). so the only thing
that has changed is in those logs. None of the settings you ahve previously
asked me to check have changed. The problem is still the same as before,
except that now my browstat log is different. Perhaps this may lead to some
other problem later on, I don't know. But, I was clear about what exactly has
changed and what has been done, so that I can be as helpful as possible for
you.

I appreciate your help.

On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 21:49:01 -0800, Rev <R**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Well, we're not done.  If browstat has changed, let's see what it is now.  It's
easier to work from direct examination, than from a description.  And if you
admit that you don't know everything about the computer, maybe an updated
"ipconfig /all" too.

There are several other diagnostic procedures that I have in mind, depending
upon what we see in "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all".  Be patient.

I'm sorry chuck.. I don't understand.. the one's I have directly above are
ALL 8 of the things you asekd for and they are what they currently are... It
was late last night when I posted that but I have a pretty good idea of why
my browstat changed. BUT I will ask before I change something..


ok. when I reinstalled everything it put me back on a dynamic ip.
Technomancer has stff that requires a static ip address to work effectively,
so I went in to change it. However, it kept teling me that the ip address
that I was trying to assign was already assigned to my ethernet adapter.
Which really didnt make sense because, it wasnt assigned to any computer on
my network. I reset my router around this time because when I made it set my
ip address to that anyway, I could no longer talk to my router. Long story
short, I got all of that fixed and I got all of my settings back to what they
were (at least everything that has been part of the conversation since the
beginning). My idea is that by setting it to that ip address, One of the
times it said that I might not be recognized if the other ethernet adapter
every tried to connect. I didnt care about that at the time because I felt
like there was no way I had to worry about myself connecting while myself was
connected. HAHA. That was probably my error. Granted. It is all points back
to me, so maybe that's why everything is working the way it was?!?

My question is: can I go in and change my static ip address so that it is
not EXACTLY the same as it was before, so that we don't have this potential
conflict. Since, my naivety leads me to believe that that is why Im not
showing up in browstat despite being accessed fine by the other computer.

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 06:52:02 -0800, Rev <R**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Show quoteHide quoteRev,

All I ask is that you rerun everything at the same time, and present everything
together.  You say above
The problem is still the same as before, except that now my browstat log is
different.

That difference may be a key.

Sometimes, we overlook the smallest detail which is essential to the diagnosis.
You do want this fixed?  Make sure that we have complete, up to date diagnostic
data, at all times.

And don't go making any changes, like accidentally deleting a driver that you
weren't supposed to.

If you have a static IP address, that could be part of the problem.  Start from
default settings, so we know where we are.

oh... and when I say brow stat has changed.. I mean if you look at the
browsstats in the post on this page, and then go to post 2 & 3 of page 1 you
can see the differences.

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 06:54:02 -0800, Rev <R**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

OK, I'll ask that you read (and if you have already read either, my apologies)
two more of my articles, to give you an idea how many possibilities there are:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/mysterious-error-5-aka-access-denied.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/mysterious-error-5-aka-access-denied.html

The "access denied" error is a lot of fun to troubleshoot.  Carey (now there is
a name from the past) had a cookbook of treatments, and he would apply each one,
each time a problem was presented.  The problem was, Carey didn't diagnose the
problem, he would just apply each treatment.  Some treatments weren't necessary,
but he would apply them anyway.

I don't work that way.  My goal is to identify the problem, show you how to fix
the problem, and then how to avoid causing the problem again.

So please, read my articles.  And remember that I am not there, in front of your
computers with you.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html

Haha. Yeah. It was an effective method for fixing my problem in 17 minutes
(well if you take into account that that was over the phone after 2 weeks of
nothing over the net). However, it left me sitting here like I am now having
to go back through all of this again because I have no idea how it worked.

Just to be clear, my network was running perfect for what would have been 3
yrs this december. What caused it to fail is that TECHNOMANCER disabled the
guest account, and set a password on the admin account. This killed the
network. Which at the time, was part of my motivation. The other part being
no other users on my pc directly either. The problem was that turning guest
back on and removing the password from the admin account was no sufficient to
restore things back to ye glory days of olde. Which I knew was going to be
the case, when I killed the network, but didnt really care at that time. Ah,
the joy of emotions on rationale. That should have been the only problem,
though now I think I made the whole thing somewhat moot. I mean I did have to
reinstall drivers and everything after reading a bad post about nforce stuff.
I don't think its completely moot however in the sense that this problem is
the problem that I've always had. Its what I have from the initial boot after
a reformat. Its the same problem that Carey had to fix. Though, my stupidity
probably cause NEW problems in addition to the one I have (that are yet
undiscovered), I think the journey itself will be fruitful enough.

now that my digression is done. I switched back to a dynamic ip on
technomancer. After we get everything working I can go back to a static one.
Everything else can just wait. Here are the new logs:

TECHNOMANCER::
Windows IP Configuration



        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : TECHNOMANCER

        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :

        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810X Family PCI
Fast Ethernet NIC

        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-EA-40-01-FE

        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.102

        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, November 10, 2006
10:26:36 AM

        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, November 17, 2006
10:26:33 AM



Status for domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{61A38225-C56A-4D8F-8740-D2F401FB779E}
    Browsing is active on domain.
    Master browser name is: GIR
Could not open key in registry, error = 5        Unable to determine build
of browser master: 5
    \\\\GIR           .  Version:05.01  Flags: 51003 NT POTENTIAL MASTER
    1 backup servers retrieved from master GIR
        \\GIR
    There are 2 servers in domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{61A38225-C56A-4D8F-8740-D2F401FB779E}
    There are 1 domains in domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{61A38225-C56A-4D8F-8740-D2F401FB779E}


Server Name                           \\TECHNOMANCER
Server Comment                        Black Death

Software version                      Windows 2002
Server is active on                  
    NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
    NetBT_Tcpip_{61A38225-C56A-4D8F-8740-D2F401FB779E} (000fea4001fe)


Server hidden                         No
Maximum Logged On Users               10
Maximum open files per session        16384

Idle session time (min)               15
The command completed successfully.


Computer name                        \\TECHNOMANCER
Full Computer name                   TECHNOMANCER
User name                            Rev

Workstation active on               
    NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
    NetBT_Tcpip_{61A38225-C56A-4D8F-8740-D2F401FB779E} (000FEA4001FE)

Software version                     Windows 2002

Workstation domain                   IRKEN-NETWORK
Workstation Domain DNS Name          (null)
Logon domain                         TECHNOMANCER

COM Open Timeout (sec)               0
COM Send Count (byte)                16
COM Send Timeout (msec)              250
The command completed successfully.


GIR::


Windows IP Configuration



        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : gir

        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :

        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC

        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-EA-0E-CD-E9

        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.101

        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, November 09, 2006
6:20:54 PM

        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, November 16, 2006
6:20:54 PM

Server Name                           \\GIR
Server Comment                        Idiot Dog Brain

Software version                      Windows 2002
Server is active on                  
    NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
    NetBT_Tcpip_{F59A10DE-BE32-4735-AC5A-0979B9F266A6} (000fea0ecde9)


Server hidden                         No
Maximum Logged On Users               10
Maximum open files per session        16384

Idle session time (min)               15
The command completed successfully.

Computer name                        \\GIR
Full Computer name                   gir
User name                            Shine

Workstation active on               
    NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
    NetBT_Tcpip_{F59A10DE-BE32-4735-AC5A-0979B9F266A6} (000FEA0ECDE9)

Software version                     Windows 2002

Workstation domain                   IRKEN-NETWORK
Workstation Domain DNS Name          (null)
Logon domain                         GIR

COM Open Timeout (sec)               0
COM Send Count (byte)                16
COM Send Timeout (msec)              250
The command completed successfully.



It looks like nothing by the ipconfig has changed. Which is to be expected.
So when I re-installed the drivers, it seems as though Ive added a browser
problem.. Which doesnt seem to be creating any NEW issues, in the sense that
I have to fix other things before I can notice the problem it is making.

Also, sorry for the late reply. I've been doing tech support for some new
hardware  Im putting in. My motherboard doesnt want to cooperate with the
added RAM..

ok. I fixed the hardware issues. I needed single sided ram in my 3 and 4
slots in order for my dual channel to work, so I had to swap out ram between
the computers.. because of that things changed. Here's the update..

Technomancer::

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : TECHNOMANCER

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810X Family PCI
Fast Ethernet NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-EA-40-01-FE

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.102

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, November 10, 2006
10:26:36 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, November 17, 2006
10:26:33 AM



Status for domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{61A38225-C56A-4D8F-8740-D2F401FB779E}
    Browsing is active on domain.
    Master browser name is: TECHNOMANCER
        Master browser is running build 2600
    1 backup servers retrieved from master TECHNOMANCER
        \\TECHNOMANCER
    There are 2 servers in domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{61A38225-C56A-4D8F-8740-D2F401FB779E}
    There are 1 domains in domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{61A38225-C56A-4D8F-8740-D2F401FB779E}


Server Name \\TECHNOMANCER
Server Comment Black Death

Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{61A38225-C56A-4D8F-8740-D2F401FB779E} (000fea4001fe)


Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 10
Maximum open files per session 16384

Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.


Computer name \\TECHNOMANCER
Full Computer name TECHNOMANCER
User name Rev

Workstation active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{61A38225-C56A-4D8F-8740-D2F401FB779E} (000FEA4001FE)

Software version Windows 2002

Workstation domain IRKEN-NETWORK
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain TECHNOMANCER

COM Open Timeout (sec) 0
COM Send Count (byte) 16
COM Send Timeout (msec) 250
The command completed successfully.


GIR::


Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : gir

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-EA-0E-CD-E9

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.101

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, November 09, 2006
6:20:54 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, November 16, 2006
6:20:54 PM

Status for domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{F59A10DE-BE32-4735-AC5A-0979B9F266A6}
    Browsing is active on domain.
    Master browser name is: TECHNOMANCER
Could not open key in registry, error = 5        Unable to determine build
of browser master: 5
    \\\\TECHNOMANCER  .  Version:05.01  Flags: 51203 NT POTENTIAL MASTER
    1 backup servers retrieved from master TECHNOMANCER
        \\TECHNOMANCER
    There are 2 servers in domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{F59A10DE-BE32-4735-AC5A-0979B9F266A6}
    There are 1 domains in domain IRKEN-NETWORK on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{F59A10DE-BE32-4735-AC5A-0979B9F266A6}


Server Name \\GIR
Server Comment Idiot Dog Brain

Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{F59A10DE-BE32-4735-AC5A-0979B9F266A6} (000fea0ecde9)


Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 10
Maximum open files per session 16384

Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.

Computer name \\GIR
Full Computer name gir
User name Shine

Workstation active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{F59A10DE-BE32-4735-AC5A-0979B9F266A6} (000FEA0ECDE9)

Software version Windows 2002

Workstation domain IRKEN-NETWORK
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain GIR

COM Open Timeout (sec) 0
COM Send Count (byte) 16
COM Send Timeout (msec) 250
The command completed successfully.

Oh.. and I forgot to mention. We are running virstually the same motherboard.
Technomancer is running a GA-7N400-L  and she has a GA-7N400S-L..

I don't know how to get the driver versions. I know I need to go to my
computer, right click it, go to properties, go to hardware, go to device
manager, but I'm not sre exactly which driver there I need to be paying
attention to.

Hope you had a good weekend Chuck.

Bumping this so its easier to find.

On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:49:01 -0800, Rev <R**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Kewl.  I knew there was an open thread somewhere in the stack.

Looking at the logs from "browstat status", you now have a normal network.  Both
computers see each other ("There are 2 servers in domain IRKEN-NETWORK"), and
both accept the same master browser TECHNOMANCER.  Gir is getting an access
denied when trying to access the registry on TECHNOMANCER, normal for Guest
access.

So let's enumerate the current symptoms, methodically.

Take the following code (everything INSIDE the "#####" lines). Please DO NOT
include ANY portion of the "#####" lines. (Please verify computer names and ip
addresses).


   1. Open Notepad.
   2. Highlight then Copy the code (Ctrl-C), precisely as it is presented, and
Paste (Ctrl-V) into Notepad.
   3. Examine the contents of Notepad. Is the text, as copied, readable (similar
in format to the Base Code)? It won't run well, if it's not easily readable.
   4. If the text is not easily read, then:
          * Stretch the sides of the window.  If this improves things, then
continue with Step 5.
          * Close Notepad, as is (do not bother to save anything).
          * Open Notepad.
          * Under Format, change the setting for Word Wrap. If it is unchecked,
check it. If checked, uncheck it.
          * Return to Step 2.

   5. Verify, and correct, names and addresses if necessary.
   6. Save the Notepad file as "cdiag.cmd", as type "All Files", into the root
folder "C:\".
   7. Run it by Start - Run - "c:\cdiag".
   8. Wait patiently.
   9. When Notepad opens up displaying c:\cdiag.txt, first check Format and
ensure that Word Wrap is NOT checked! Then, copy the entire contents (Ctrl-A
Ctrl-C) and paste (Ctrl-V) into your next post.


Do this from both computers, please, with both computers powered up and online.


##### Start CDiag Assembled Code

@echo off
set FullTarget1=TECHNOMANCER 192.168.0.102
set FullTarget2=gir 192.168.0.101
set FullTarget3=
set FullTarget4=
set FullTargets=%FullTarget1% %FullTarget2% %FullTarget3% %FullTarget4%
set FullTargets=%FullTargets% 127.0.0.1
set PingTargets=www.yahoo.com 66.94.230.32 192.168.0.1
Set Version=V1.40
@echo CDiagnosis %Version% >c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Start diagnosis for %computername% >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Full Targets %FullTargets% >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Ping Targets %PingTargets% >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Over All Analysis >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Enumerate Shares >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
net share >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Adhoc Browser View >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
net view >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Full Targets Analysis %FullTargets% >>c:\cdiag.txt
for %%a in (%FullTargets%) do (
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Target %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo "%computername% ping %%a" >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
ping %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo "%computername% net view %%a" >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
net view %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt
)
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Ping Targets Analysis %PingTargets% >>c:\cdiag.txt
for %%a in (%PingTargets%) do (
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Target %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo "%computername% ping %%a" >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
ping %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt
)
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo End diagnosis for %computername% >>c:\cdiag.txt
notepad c:\cdiag.txt
##### End CDiag Assembled Code

does it matter that now in the browstat log there is only one backup server
where before there were two?


here's technomancer:
CDiagnosis V1.40
Start diagnosis for TECHNOMANCER
Full Targets TECHNOMANCER 192.168.0.102 gir 192.168.0.101   127.0.0.1
Ping Targets www.yahoo.com 66.94.230.32 192.168.0.1

Over All Analysis

Enumerate Shares


Share name   Resource                        Remark
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
print$       C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers
                                             Printer Drivers                

C$           C:\                             Default share                  

ADMIN$       C:\WINDOWS                      Remote Admin                   

IPC$                                         Remote IPC                     

files        C:\files                       
My Music     C:\Documents and Settings\Rev\My Documents\My Music

My Pictures  C:\Documents and Settings\Rev\My Documents\My Pictures

pstools      C:\pstools                     
shared       C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents

Lexmark5     USB001                 Spooled  Lexmark 510 Series             

Printer2     My Documents\*.pdf     Spooled  Adobe PDF                      

The command completed successfully.


Adhoc Browser View

Server Name            Remark
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\\GIR                  Idiot Dog Brain                                      

\\TECHNOMANCER         Black Death                                          

The command completed successfully.


Full Targets Analysis TECHNOMANCER 192.168.0.102 gir 192.168.0.101  
127.0.0.1

Target TECHNOMANCER

"TECHNOMANCER ping TECHNOMANCER"



Pinging TECHNOMANCER [192.168.0.102] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.0.102: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.102: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.102: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.102: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.0.102:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"TECHNOMANCER net view TECHNOMANCER"

Shared resources at TECHNOMANCER

Black Death

Share name   Type   Used as  Comment            
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
files        Disk                               
Lexmark5     Print           Lexmark 510 Series 
My Music     Disk                               
My Pictures  Disk                               
Printer2     Print           Adobe PDF          
pstools      Disk                               
shared       Disk                               
The command completed successfully.


Target 192.168.0.102

"TECHNOMANCER ping 192.168.0.102"



Pinging 192.168.0.102 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.0.102: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.102: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.102: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.102: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.0.102:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"TECHNOMANCER net view 192.168.0.102"

Shared resources at 192.168.0.102

Black Death

Share name   Type   Used as  Comment            
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
files        Disk                               
Lexmark5     Print           Lexmark 510 Series 
My Music     Disk                               
My Pictures  Disk                               
Printer2     Print           Adobe PDF          
pstools      Disk                               
shared       Disk                               
The command completed successfully.


Target gir

"TECHNOMANCER ping gir"



Pinging gir [192.168.0.101] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.0.101:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"TECHNOMANCER net view gir"

Shared resources at gir

Idiot Dog Brain

Share name  Type  Used as  Comment 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SharedDocs  Disk                   
Shine       Disk                   
Treo        Disk                   
The command completed successfully.


Target 192.168.0.101

"TECHNOMANCER ping 192.168.0.101"



Pinging 192.168.0.101 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.0.101:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"TECHNOMANCER net view 192.168.0.101"

Shared resources at 192.168.0.101

Idiot Dog Brain

Share name  Type  Used as  Comment 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SharedDocs  Disk                   
Shine       Disk                   
Treo        Disk                   
The command completed successfully.


Target 127.0.0.1

"TECHNOMANCER ping 127.0.0.1"



Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"TECHNOMANCER net view 127.0.0.1"

Shared resources at 127.0.0.1

Black Death

Share name   Type   Used as  Comment            
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
files        Disk                               
Lexmark5     Print           Lexmark 510 Series 
My Music     Disk                               
My Pictures  Disk                               
Printer2     Print           Adobe PDF          
pstools      Disk                               
shared       Disk                               
The command completed successfully.


Ping Targets Analysis www.yahoo.com 66.94.230.32 192.168.0.1

Target www.yahoo.com

"TECHNOMANCER ping www.yahoo.com"



Pinging www.yahoo-ht2.akadns.net [209.191.93.52] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 209.191.93.52: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=54

Reply from 209.191.93.52: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=54

Reply from 209.191.93.52: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=54

Reply from 209.191.93.52: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=54



Ping statistics for 209.191.93.52:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 18ms, Maximum = 19ms, Average = 18ms


Target 66.94.230.32

"TECHNOMANCER ping 66.94.230.32"



Pinging 66.94.230.32 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=72ms TTL=53

Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=69ms TTL=53

Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=53

Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=72ms TTL=53



Ping statistics for 66.94.230.32:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 69ms, Maximum = 80ms, Average = 73ms


Target 192.168.0.1

"TECHNOMANCER ping 192.168.0.1"



Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255

Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255

Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255

Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255



Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


End diagnosis for TECHNOMANCER

here's GIR
CDiagnosis V1.40
Start diagnosis for GIR
Full Targets TECHNOMANCER 192.168.0.102 gir 192.168.0.101   127.0.0.1
Ping Targets www.yahoo.com 66.94.230.32 192.168.0.1

Over All Analysis

Enumerate Shares


Share name   Resource                        Remark
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ADMIN$       C:\WINDOWS                      Remote Admin                   

C$           C:\                             Default share                  

IPC$                                         Remote IPC                     

SharedDocs   C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\DOCUMENTS

Shine        C:\Documents and Settings\Shine
Treo         C:\Documents and Settings\Shine\My Documents\Treo

The command completed successfully.


Adhoc Browser View

Server Name            Remark
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\\GIR                  Idiot Dog Brain                                      

\\TECHNOMANCER         Black Death                                          

The command completed successfully.


Full Targets Analysis TECHNOMANCER 192.168.0.102 gir 192.168.0.101  
127.0.0.1

Target TECHNOMANCER

"GIR ping TECHNOMANCER"



Pinging TECHNOMANCER [192.168.0.102] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.0.102: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.102: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.102: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.102: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.0.102:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"GIR net view TECHNOMANCER"

Shared resources at TECHNOMANCER

Black Death

Share name   Type   Used as  Comment            
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
files        Disk   (UNC)                       
Lexmark5     Print           Lexmark 510 Series 
My Music     Disk                               
My Pictures  Disk                               
Printer2     Print           Adobe PDF          
pstools      Disk   (UNC)                       
shared       Disk                               
The command completed successfully.


Target 192.168.0.102

"GIR ping 192.168.0.102"



Pinging 192.168.0.102 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.0.102: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.102: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.102: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.102: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.0.102:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"GIR net view 192.168.0.102"

Shared resources at 192.168.0.102

Black Death

Share name   Type   Used as  Comment            
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
files        Disk                               
Lexmark5     Print           Lexmark 510 Series 
My Music     Disk                               
My Pictures  Disk                               
Printer2     Print           Adobe PDF          
pstools      Disk                               
shared       Disk                               
The command completed successfully.


Target gir

"GIR ping gir"



Pinging gir [192.168.0.101] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.0.101:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"GIR net view gir"

Shared resources at gir

Idiot Dog Brain

Share name  Type  Used as  Comment 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SharedDocs  Disk                   
Shine       Disk                   
Treo        Disk                   
The command completed successfully.


Target 192.168.0.101

"GIR ping 192.168.0.101"



Pinging 192.168.0.101 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.0.101:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"GIR net view 192.168.0.101"

Shared resources at 192.168.0.101

Idiot Dog Brain

Share name  Type  Used as  Comment 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SharedDocs  Disk                   
Shine       Disk                   
Treo        Disk                   
The command completed successfully.


Target 127.0.0.1

"GIR ping 127.0.0.1"



Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"GIR net view 127.0.0.1"

Shared resources at 127.0.0.1

Idiot Dog Brain

Share name  Type  Used as  Comment 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SharedDocs  Disk                   
Shine       Disk                   
Treo        Disk                   
The command completed successfully.


Ping Targets Analysis www.yahoo.com 66.94.230.32 192.168.0.1

Target www.yahoo.com

"GIR ping www.yahoo.com"



Pinging www.yahoo-ht2.akadns.net [209.191.93.52] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 209.191.93.52: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=54

Reply from 209.191.93.52: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=54

Reply from 209.191.93.52: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=54

Reply from 209.191.93.52: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=54



Ping statistics for 209.191.93.52:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 17ms, Maximum = 34ms, Average = 21ms


Target 66.94.230.32

"GIR ping 66.94.230.32"



Pinging 66.94.230.32 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=74ms TTL=53

Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=69ms TTL=53

Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=69ms TTL=53

Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=71ms TTL=53



Ping statistics for 66.94.230.32:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 69ms, Maximum = 74ms, Average = 70ms


Target 192.168.0.1

"GIR ping 192.168.0.1"



Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255

Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255

Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255

Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255



Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


End diagnosis for GIR

*Bump*

to make it easy for you to find again chuck, since its been awhile.

On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:42:01 -0800, Rev <R**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

OK, no browser, connectivity, name resolution, or protocol problems indicated.
All tests look normal.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/interpreting-cdiag-output-and-solving.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/interpreting-cdiag-output-and-solving.html

So this pretty much has to be a permissions (authentication / authorisation)
problem.  I'm going to reread the thread, and look for clues.

No problem.

I hope you can find something useful in all that. I had a ton of people give
up on it last time. needless to say, my computer is called black death for a
reason. Its incurable. haha. I know that's not technically true. anyway.

I'll keep trying as long as you will.

oh and if it helps I'll go back through the earlier pages on both computers
again. If you don't think of something before I get around to it tomorrow,
I'll post the things that I've checked to make sure I'm doing things right.

On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:55:01 -0800, Rev <R**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Rechecking everything, and posting when you check each thing, is a very useful
way of going back over it.  Go to it.

GIR:
net user guest /active:yes

passwords: both blank

Deny access: support_388945a0
Access: admin, aspnet, backup ops, everyone, power users, users

disabled simple file sharing.
Checked the security tab (which was now made available) and everyone has
read and execute permission.
Checked the sharing permissions for each shared folder, and everyone has at
least read permission.

restrictanonymous = 0
do not have a restrictnullsessaccess registry

computer crashes when I try to download the windows patch as outlined on the
site. I don't know if this computer actually downloaded the bad update that
potentially causes the problem.

I know you say that xp pro works requires passwords. This isnt true. When
our network was working we had blank passwords, and it is through setting a
nonblank password that we run into more problems than what we have.

Chuck,
I seem to have found something. I going to go back over both computers and
your site again. Apparently, something I did when checking these things has
triggered me the ability to access some but not all shared folders. I just
tested it before I posted things from technomancer. I'm a bit confused
because some folders appear that are not shared by either computer. I've
tried using F5 to refresh and it doesnt work. Is there a way to get my
network to clear off old folders that are no longer shared by either
computer? GIR only lists currently shared folders while technomancer shows
all folders (currently shared and no longer shared).

On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:16:02 -0800, Rev <R**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

What are the folders?  Are they shares that used to exist and don't any more?
Or are they shortcuts, that you created manually?  If the latter, then you have
to delete them.  If the former, then you have to wait.  The computer browser
produces a cache, that isn't updated immediately.

If they were put there by the browser, and you want to get rid of them sooner,
you could power both computers off.  Power Gir back on (it's the master
browser), and let its desktop come up.  Then power Technomancer up.  Then rerun
"browstat status" on both computers to verify browser status.

=?Utf-8?B?UmV2?= <R**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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