Re: C2 - User can't see network neighbourhood

From: news.demon.net (johnc@jcconsult.co.uk)
Date: 01/24/03 

From: "news.demon.net" <johnc@jcconsult.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 23:51:22 -0000

Mike,
    Thanks. I will check this out tmrw.
John

"MikeW" <mike_nospam@direcway.com> wrote in message
news:8qHX9.41781$NV.861463@news.direcpc.com...
>
> Don't have C-2 memorized,
>
> I don't know if this applies to NT4.
>
> But it sounds like a Group Policy setting.
> On a Server
> go to MMC, Console (Top menu Bar), Add/Remove snap-in, Add , Group Policy,
> add, close, ok
> Then go to Computer Configuration, Windows Settings, Security Settings,
> Local Policies ( I think this is Group Policies on a DC), User rights
> assignment, check the settings on "Access this computer from the network",
> add Domain Users if it doesn't exist.
> Check other settings too.
> Becareful when changing settings.
> You might need to go to Start, run,
> type
> secedit /refresh machine_policy /enforce
> secedit /refresh user_policy /enforce
>
> You may need to perform more sync to ensure the change has been
propagated.
>
> I would rule out bad NIC, TCP/IP & WINS if DomainAdmins member can login.
>
>
> "news.demon.net" <johnc@jcconsult.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:b0kd2l$lah$1$830fa78d@news.demon.co.uk...
> > Hi,
> > Please excuse the cross-posting but I am very desparate.....
> >
> > I am involved in a project where a Winnt 4 (SP6a, IE6) network has
> been
> > locked down in a C2-like fashion...Logging on to any wkstn as a member
of
> > domain admins is fine but if you log on as a member of domain users then
> you
> > cannot access the network...No machines are shown in the Network
> > Neighbourhood and when you drill down and dbl-click on Microsoft Windows
> > Network you get "Network Unavailable"....In tandem with this an audit of
> the
> > registry success/fail reports that the user has failed to access
> >
> > HKLM\Control\CurrentControlSet\ComputerName\ActiveComputerName
> >
> > It is not possible to force permissions on this key because they
> appear
> > to reset every time the wkstn is rebooted....
> >
> > I have found one relevant post (Dec 1997) in the Google archive of
the
> > Windows newsgroups but it never ran to a result....
> >
> > Has anybody else faced and overcome the same challenge?
> >
> > Many thanks
> > John
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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