NetBT is disabled -- and I can't enable it!

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Rob Rosenberger

I've run into a Win2K box that won't talk to the rest of my workgroup. When
I do an IPCONFIG /ALL, I see "NetBIOS over TCPIP ... Disabled" even though
the WINS dialog box says it's enabled. I tried to toggle it, but I can't
get it to do so. I checked the logon account and, yes, it's an
administrator.

So I installed NetBEUI on the box and another box (also Win2K) to test if
that would help. Sadly, it did nothing. I went looking for a hidden
software firewall program. Nothing obvious found. Before I came here, I
checked all the subject lines in this group for "NetBT" and "NetBIOS."
Nothing appears to talk about my problem. I also went on a long search via
Google. No help there, either.

Normally I'd swap out a cheap NIC, but this one is a 3COM 3C920.

What am I doing wrong? I should be able to toggle NetBT into an "enabled"
state just by selecting it. TIA.

Rob Rosenberger
 
Might be either winsock or driver error. Start from
HKLM\SYSTEM\CCS\Services\NetBIOS and NetBT, then obviously 'sfc /scannow'
and reinstall TCP/IP.
 
Might be either winsock or driver error. Start from
Mucho thanks, Jetro. The reinstall worked like a champ. Wish I'd thought
of it myself...

Rob
 
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