Windows no longer displays Computers in My Network Places

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I have one PC that will not connect to another XP Pro PC on the network BY
NAME. I can connect to the other machine by IP address, but not by name. I
have tried reconfiguring everything I can think of. Any help would be
appreciated. Thank you.
 
msc-tech said:
I have one PC that will not connect to another XP Pro PC on the network BY
NAME. I can connect to the other machine by IP address, but not by name. I
have tried reconfiguring everything I can think of. Any help would be
appreciated. Thank you.
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What kind of network is it on?

John
 
John John (MVP) said:
What kind of network is it on?

John

The network is a Windows Server 2003-based Domain with 6 systems currently online. The issue only presents between two systems. The issue does not exist everywhere nor does this problem show up all of the time. One of the errors that shows up is "Access is denied.......The User name could not be found." The owner of the company (the person whose computer has the problem) does not use the AD Published shares, but prefers to get to a share via My Network places > Entire Netowrk > Windows Network > Workgroup. The issue is that the computer (The VP of Operations) that is trying to be contacted does not always respond via its host name but it almost always responds to its IP address. I have done many searches on the net related to this issue. I have tried every solution that I could find. Thank you for any help!
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Check with the software firewall and antivirus settings on the Pc
"locally." This can indicate that these softwares might be blocking
the "NetBIOS name resolution" IP protocol since this protocol can be
use to spread the Internet worm viruses. To check this out, try to
access a different PC, on the affect one, by the IP address (\
\192.168.0.1) instead of PC name (\\PC1.)
 
msc-tech said:
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If the issue is intermittent (as in "nor does this problem show up all
of the time") then I would be inclined to think that this is a Master
Browser problem. Look in the Event Logs to see if any pertinent errors
are recorded. Also, use the Net View command to get more information on
the error (NET VIEW ComputerName).

John
 
msc-tech said:
The network is a Windows Server 2003-based Domain with 6 systems
currently online. The issue only presents between two systems. The
issue does not exist everywhere nor does this problem show up all
of the time. One of the errors that shows up is "Access is
denied.......The User name could not be found." The owner of the
company (the person whose computer has the problem) does not use
the AD Published shares, but prefers to get to a share via My
Network places > Entire Netowrk > Windows Network > Workgroup. The
issue is that the computer (The VP of Operations) that is trying
to be contacted does not always respond via its host name but it
almost always responds to its IP address. I have done many
searches on the net related to this issue. I have tried every
solution that I could find. Thank you for any help!
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Sounds DNS related to me... at least on the surface.
 
smlunatick said:
Check with the software firewall and antivirus settings on the Pc
"locally." This can indicate that these softwares might be blocking
the "NetBIOS name resolution" IP protocol since this protocol can be
use to spread the Internet worm viruses. To check this out, try to
access a different PC, on the affect one, by the IP address (\
\192.168.0.1) instead of PC name (\\PC1.)
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That does work, and the Firewall settings are correct. Any other suggestions?
 
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