Re: File and printer sharing suddenly broken
- From: "Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:43:25 -0600
Verify that the guest account is active. You can use the command net user
guest to see if it is and if not use the command net user guest /active:yes
.. Verify that the Windows Firewall is disabled or has the exception for file
and print sharing enabled for your network though I don't think that is the
main problem sine that usually generates a "not found" message. I would also
look in the application/security log via Event Viewer to se if anything is
recorded there that may be of help. The command net share should show that
the $IPC share is available and the share you are trying to access needs
permissions for the everyone group for both share and folder [NTFS]
permissions. The link below can show you how to check those permissions.
Since you are experiencing unusual unexplained behavior you should also scan
for viruses and spyware in regular and Safe Mode being sure to use the
latest definitions for any program you use to do such. I would also try
booting into Safe Mode with networking to see if that makes any difference
or not in case some process/application [legitimate or otherwise] is
interfering. If you do not have an "internet router" or firewall device
protecting your network I would disconnect from the internet before booting
into Safe Mode with networking. --- Steve
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fd7fd48d-6b4a-448e-a632-076f98a351a2&DisplayLang=en
--- White paper on troubleshooting sharing in XP.
"jeffr" <jeffr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:78E5D434-3E4F-4F8E-B639-75D3F53654E7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have a home network with four PCs. Two are Windows XP Home and two are
Media Center. One of the Windows XP Home machines (call it "victim")
shares
a folder and printers. All other machines have been able to print on that
printer
for a long time. Then, last week, none of the machines could print on
that
printer
any more. Clicking on "victim"'s name in Windows Explorer caused an error
message that said that login on that machine failed. "Victim" is running
Norton
Internet Security and I tried various things with that to no avail. After
much
research, I found two things. First, (this is not relevant to the problem
but is
strange) I found automatic updates turned off when I know I left it turned
on.
Second, looking at the event log and other posts here, I figured out that
the
security rights had been messed up. I downloaded Dumpsec and NTRights
to both Windows XP Home machines and compared rights. "Victim" was
missing all its SeNetworkLogonRights entries. Using NTRights, I copied
some of the entries from the other machine, namely BUILTIN\Users and
VICTIM\Guest. Now, I still can't access "victim" remotely, but it doesn't
complain about a logon failure. Instead it says "Access is denied".
Since the event log now looks the same on victim as on the other machine
(shows a network logon using the guest account followed by a
SeChangeNotifyPrivilege assigned to VICTIM\Guest) and there are no more
Failure Audits, I have no clue what to do next.
.
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