"daveh551" <gee***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I originally posted this in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support, but someone suggested
> this group might be more appropriate:
>
> I'm not sure if this is the best group for this or not.  If anyone has
> any suggestions for a better one, please speak up.
>
> I have a home network system consisting of 3 computers - A Primary
> Domain Controller/File Server (PDC)  running Windows 2000 Server, a
> Desktop running WinXP Pro (SP3), and a Laptop also running WinXP Pro.
> The PDC and the Desktop are hard-wired to the network router over a
> 100 MBit line; the laptop is running 801g WiFi, and has a strong
> connection.
>
> I have network shares set up on all 3 computers accessible to
> Everyone.  My login is in the domain administrators group.
>
> In the last week I have had two incidents where the network shares
> suddenly became unavailable to the laptop for no apparent reason, with
> the message "You do not have access permission. Consult your network
> administrator." (I just love that when you ARE the network
> administrator!).
>
> In the first case, I tried everything I could think of to reestablish
> the connection. I deleted the affected Network Places from the laptop,
> and tried to re-add them and the PDC would show up in the network
> browser when I expanded the Domain node, but the PDC node itself would
> not expand.  When I right clicked on it and tried to open or explore,
> I would get the no permissions message.  At one point, I managed to
> get (I don't remember how) a network login box, and when I entered my
> login and password, it came back with a message to the  affect that
> that was the same name I was logged in under, and that name had
> already been tried.  I tried re-booting both the domain controller and
> the laptop, to no avail.  I was just about to write a post similar to
> this, when suddenly, for no apparent reason, the access came back, and
> node expanded in the network browser and showed me all the shares, and
> I was able to establish a new Network Place.
>
> In the second case, I was accessing some files from the desktop
> through it's network share,and when I went to save them, it told me I
> didn't have read access.  I logged in to the desk top via Remote
> Desktop, checked the permission on the share and the directory
> involved (it granted full control to EveryOne).  I went back to the
> laptop, tried to clear the read-only bit, and it told me I didn't have
> permission to do that.  I then deleted the network places to try to
> re-
> establish them, and got the same behavior as occurred with the PDC
> previously - the node showed up in the Network Browser, but wouldn't
> expand to reveal it's shares, and told me I didn't have access
> permission. I believe it said "Username not recognized", or something
> like that.
>
> Why do my permissions keep coming and going, and how can I get them
> back?

> Hi
> Every One, does not mean every one that logs to the computer. It means every
> one that is on the list that allows to log on. I.e. it just a way saving
> the need to check all the names one at the time.
> Otherwise maybe this can Help.
> Successful Sharing involves some general consideration in Network settings,http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
> As well as specific adjustment of each computer according to what it is
> allowed to be shared.
> Vista File and Printer Sharing-http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx
> Windows XP File Sharing -http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304040
> Printer Sharing XP -http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/honeycutt_...
> Windows Native Firewall setting for Sharing XP -http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357
> Windows XP patch for Sharing with Vista -http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>

> On Jan 8, 5:56 pm, "Jack \(MVP-Networking\)."
>
>
>
> <j***@discussiongroup.com> wrote:
> > Hi
> > Every One, does not mean every one that logs to the computer. It means every
> > one that is on the list that allows to log on. I.e. it just a way saving
> > the need to check all the names one at the time.
> > Otherwise maybe this can Help.
> > Successful Sharing involves some general consideration in Network settings,http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
> > As well as specific adjustment of each computer according to what it is
> > allowed to be shared.
> > Vista File and Printer Sharing-http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx
> > Windows XP File Sharing -http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304040
> > Printer Sharing XP -http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/honeycutt_...
> > Windows Native Firewall setting for Sharing XP -http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357
> > Windows XP patch for Sharing with Vista -http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120
> > Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> Jack, Thanks for your reply, and for those links.
>
> But that still doesn't answer the question: These computers/networks
> have been successfully setup and configured for sharing for weeks. How
> come 1 minute I can access the shared drive, and the next I can't,
> with no discernible events happening in between?  And then an hour
> later, I can access it again?
>
> And if there is something I can do to fix it when it loses access,
> what is it?  (It often seems to "heal" itself  with time, but when I
> want access, I don't want to wait.)
>
> Thanks.

> On Jan 9, 7:59 am, daveh551 <gee***@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jan 8, 5:56 pm, "Jack \(MVP-Networking\)."
>
> > <j***@discussiongroup.com> wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > Every One, does not mean every one that logs to the computer. It means every
> > > one that is on the list that allows to log on. I.e. it just a way saving
> > > the need to check all the names one at the time.
> > > Otherwise maybe this can Help.
> > > Successful Sharing involves some general consideration in Network settings,http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
> > > As well as specific adjustment of each computer according to what it is
> > > allowed to be shared.
> > > Vista File and Printer Sharing-http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx
> > > Windows XP File Sharing -http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304040
> > > Printer Sharing XP -http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/honeycutt_...
> > > Windows Native Firewall setting for Sharing XP -http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357
> > > Windows XP patch for Sharing with Vista -http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120
> > > Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> > Jack, Thanks for your reply, and for those links.
>
> > But that still doesn't answer the question: These computers/networks
> > have been successfully setup and configured for sharing for weeks. How
> > come 1 minute I can access the shared drive, and the next I can't,
> > with no discernible events happening in between?  And then an hour
> > later, I can access it again?
>
> > And if there is something I can do to fix it when it loses access,
> > what is it?  (It often seems to "heal" itself  with time, but when I
> > want access, I don't want to wait.)
>
> > Thanks.
>
> Here's another datapoint.  Last night, when I was trying
> unsuccessfully to access the shares on the desktop from my normal user
> login (HQ\dave, which is also a member of the Domain Administrators
> group), I logged out of the laptop and logged back in as HQ
> \Administrator.  It was able to access the desktop shares with no
> problem.  I then logged out of that and back in as HQ\dave, and still
> could not access the desktop.  So it's something about the login, not
> the computer.  And yet that login can access the shares on the domain
> controller just fine. (At least right now).