i can access shares only from net work drive

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Eng. Taha Khamis A.Wahab

Hello Guys
i only have 2 computers in a P2P network
one has Windows XP installed
the other has Windows 2000 pro installed
the windows 2000 can access the other computer sgares normally
but i can access the Windows 2000 shares only from the network drives
but when i tried to to access the shares from My Network Places
i got this error message
the computer is not accessible contact your network administrator
i don't know the reason
thanks for help
 
Make sure that there is an account on the W2K computer that matches the user
logon/password that you logon to the XP computer as possibly you are using a mapped
drive that had different saved credentials. You can view which account you are
authenticated by with the mapped drive by looking in Computer Management/shared
folders/sessions. You could also enable auditing of logon events on the W2K computer
and viewing the security log in Event Viewer to see if it reports failed logon and
the reason why.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300549

You possibly could have a problem with the browse list also. At least one computer
needs to be the master browser out of the two. The browse list is quirky and
sometimes takes a while to get its act together, especially if one computer was just
started. Run nbtstat -n on both computers and at least one needs to show that it is
the master browser [1d 01] and both computers need to have at least a entry for
computer name and workgroup when running nbtstat -n. --- Steve
 
Forgot to add to make sure the XP built in ICF firewall on the XP computer is
disabled. Even though it may allow a mapped drive to work, it may interfere with the
operating of the browse list. --- Steve

Steven L Umbach said:
Make sure that there is an account on the W2K computer that matches the user
logon/password that you logon to the XP computer as possibly you are using a mapped
drive that had different saved credentials. You can view which account you are
authenticated by with the mapped drive by looking in Computer Management/shared
folders/sessions. You could also enable auditing of logon events on the W2K computer
and viewing the security log in Event Viewer to see if it reports failed logon and
the reason why.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300549

You possibly could have a problem with the browse list also. At least one computer
needs to be the master browser out of the two. The browse list is quirky and
sometimes takes a while to get its act together, especially if one computer was just
started. Run nbtstat -n on both computers and at least one needs to show that it is
the master browser [1d 01] and both computers need to have at least a entry for
computer name and workgroup when running nbtstat -n. --- Steve

Eng. Taha Khamis A.Wahab said:
Hello Guys
i only have 2 computers in a P2P network
one has Windows XP installed
the other has Windows 2000 pro installed
the windows 2000 can access the other computer sgares normally
but i can access the Windows 2000 shares only from the network drives
but when i tried to to access the shares from My Network Places
i got this error message
the computer is not accessible contact your network administrator
i don't know the reason
thanks for help
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