the network path was not found

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I get this error on several of my 100 networked XP sp2 machines when I try to
connect to any share (even admin$ share) via UNC connection. I am also unable
to remotely manage those same machines from MMC in Active Directory. I have
tried everything I have been able to find on knowledge base or anywhere else
and am still unable to resolve. I am fairly new, any and all help will be
greatly appreciated.
 
Hello ms93cobra,

Did you check DNS settings from the clients, that they only point to your
internal DNS server?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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Hello ms93cobra,

Did you try it only with servername or also with ipaddress?

\\server\share

\\x.x.x.x\share

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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Yes, that didn't work either

Meinolf Weber said:
Hello ms93cobra,

Did you try it only with servername or also with ipaddress?

\\server\share

\\x.x.x.x\share

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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no rights.
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Hello ms93cobra,

Can you ping the server from the clients?

Please post an ipconfig /all from the DNS server and one client that has
the problems.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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Not only can I ping the server from the clients I can connect to shares on
the server from the clients using UNC. Here is ipconfig from client machine:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\nwilliams>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : nwilliams01
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : DCA.pvt
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : DCA.pvt

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network
Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-D1-44-BC-0A
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.57.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.57.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, September 05, 2007
12:39:
22 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, September 19, 2007
12:39:
Here is from the server:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.DCAEX1>ipconfig /all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : dcaex1
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : DCA.pvt
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : DCA.pvt

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82544GC Based Network
Conne
ction
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-C0-9F-29-5E-53
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10
Hope this helps.........
 
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