Can't access shared files on network

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I have a desktop PC running Windows XP Professional directly connected to a
netgear wireless super g router. It accesses the Internet without a problem.
I have a laptop running XP Media Center V 2000 connecting to that router
wirelessly that access the Internet without a problem. This setup worked
perfectly two years ago before we moved temporarily and used the laptop in
our new location and the desktop in our old location and did not have a
network connection between the two. We have updated both computers with the
various windows updates. I am running Norton Antivirus 2007 on both machines
with the firewall on and Microsoft firewall off. Both machines have the
IRPStackSize set to 25 decimal

I can see in explorer and access the laptop’s C drive on the desktop but
cannot see in explorer any drives on the desktop from the laptop. All
desktop drives do appear in My Network Places but when I attempt to access
them I get the message that:

drive is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network
resource. Contact the administrator of the server to find out if you have
access permission.

Not enough server storage is available to process the command.

I have a 320GB drive connected to the laptop via a USB2 connection to the
drive enclosure. I can access all files on the drive from the laptop but get
the same message about not enough server storage space when I attempt to
access the USB drive from the desktop.

The workgroup is WORKGROUP
The Desktop is COMPUTER (comment = Upstairs)
The laptop is TOSHIBA (Comment =Chris and Diane’s Laptop)

From Desktop
XP Professional 5.1.2600 SP3

Ipconfig output
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : computer
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-F1-B9-10-CF
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.3
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. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 19, 2008 8:42:11 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, July 20, 2008 5:50:03 AM

Netconfig output

Server Name \\COMPUTER
Server Comment Upstairs

Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{8FE5F70B-B918-4B4B-A33C-941559851292} (000cf1b910cf)


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 \\COMPUTER
Full Computer name computer
User name User

Workstation active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{8FE5F70B-B918-4B4B-A33C-941559851292} (000CF1B910CF)

Software version Windows 2002

Workstation domain WORKGROUP
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain COMPUTER

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

Browstat output

Status for domain WORKGROUP on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{8FE5F70B-B918-4B4B-A33C-941559851292}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: TOSHIBA
Could not open key in registry, error = 5 Unable to determine build
of browser master: 5
\\\\TOSHIBA . Version:05.01 Flags: 51203 NT POTENTIAL MASTER
1 backup servers retrieved from master TOSHIBA
\\TOSHIBA
There are 2 servers in domain WORKGROUP on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{8FE5F70B-B918-4B4B-A33C-941559851292}
There are 1 domains in domain WORKGROUP on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{8FE5F70B-B918-4B4B-A33C-941559851292}


The Laptop (Toshiba)
Windows Media Center V2000 SP3

Ipconfig output

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : TOSHIBA
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-02-A3-EF-51
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
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. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 19, 2008 8:33:23 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, July 20, 2008 8:33:23 AM

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-36-6A-84-20
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.61.80
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Netconfig output

Server Name \\TOSHIBA
Server Comment Chris & Diane's Laptop

Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{E1992030-6AF6-4CDD-B1FC-5DE063D813EC} (0016366a8420)
NetBT_Tcpip_{51675A32-27B8-4679-ACAA-021467FC2E65} (001302a3ef51)


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 \\TOSHIBA
Full Computer name TOSHIBA
User name Christopher

Workstation active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{51675A32-27B8-4679-ACAA-021467FC2E65} (001302A3EF51)
NetBT_Tcpip_{E1992030-6AF6-4CDD-B1FC-5DE063D813EC} (0016366A8420)

Software version Windows 2002

Workstation domain WORKGROUP
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain TOSHIBA

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

Browstat output

Status for domain WORKGROUP on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{E1992030-6AF6-4CDD-B1FC-5DE063D813EC}
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master browser name is held by: TOSHIBA
Master browser is running build 2600


Status for domain WORKGROUP on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{51675A32-27B8-4679-ACAA-021467FC2E65}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: TOSHIBA
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master TOSHIBA
\\TOSHIBA
There are 2 servers in domain WORKGROUP on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{51675A32-27B8-4679-ACAA-021467FC2E65}
There are 1 domains in domain WORKGROUP on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{51675A32-27B8-4679-ACAA-021467FC2E65}
 
Problem identified.

Use just about anything OTHER than Norton, McAfee or Panda.

AVG, NOD32, Avira, Kaspersky have been recommended by various people.
 
I have had the problem for 2 days now and resolved it by using the decimal
value of 30 in the IRPStackSize DWord. Rebooted the computer and those on
the network and all can be seen and share all folders. Hope this helps.
I am using XPPro which the changes had to be made on.
Tony
 
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