More info about file sharing problem

From: Rick Cordray (rickc@image-tech.com)
Date: 09/02/02 

From: "Rick Cordray" <rickc@image-tech.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 17:37:38 GMT

Following the suggestion above, I've tried to eliminate the network adapter
as the problem. I've removed the PC card adapter and replaced it with a USB
adapter. I've reinstalled WinXP Pro (upgrade, not clean install). As
before, everything works on the troublesome computer, except no other
computer can ping it or access it.

Here's a peculiar thing, though. When other machines display the computers
in the workgroup, they list the troublesome computer, including computer
name and description. When I click on the computer icon, I get message that
says "you may not have permission to use this network resource". I'm logged
in to both computers with the same name and password.

On the troublesome computer, I only see the computer itself when I look at
the workgroup. The workgroup name is the same on all the computers.

If I type in the IP address of other workgroup computers in the address bar
(\\192.168.123.153, for example), I can view their shared drives. This
doesn't work when I try to reach the troublesome computer from others. I
get a "Windows cannot find..." message.

This seems to all point to browsing and DNS permissions to me, but I don't
know how to fix it.

I haven't mentioned before that the troublesome machine is formatted with
FAT32, not NTFS. This wasn't an issue before, but maybe it interferes with
fixing it now.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Rick

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