Hi folks, Hopefully someone can offer a few suggestions for this. It's been bugging me for a few weeks now. I've a laptop that's not able to browse to any of the shares on a local Windows Network. The laptop has XP Pro on it and all the other machines have XP Pro on them. I can ping and connect to the network shares with their IP addresses. Net Bios is enabled on the laptop and it's a member of the same workgroup as all other machines. If I click on My Network Places/Entire Network/Microsoft Windows Network and the workgroup name using the laptop I can only see it in the workgroup. No static IP's or pre-assigned DNS in TCP/IP and I've confirmed that it's using the default/same subnet mask as the other machines. No firewalls enabled on the laptop itself. Have double checked that the Windows Firewall isn't turned on. Any ideas? Thanks, Barry. "Tell me and I will hear, show me and I will see, involve me and I will understand. Chinese Proverb" Barry Toner Placement Systems Engineer Liberty Information Technology Direct Line: 02890 167000 Adelaide Exchange Fax: 02890 445511 24-26 Adelaide Street Switchboard: 02890 445500 Belfast BT2 8GD Email: b.toner@liberty-it.co.uk
Hi, Do an ipconfig /all from one machine that is working properly and the laptop. Is Windows firewall enabled on any of the machines at all? Is it just XP clients you have on the network, or do you have anything like network storage etc? Thanks. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Toner, Barry (LIT) [mailto:B.Toner@Liberty-IT.co.uk] Sent: 23 May 2008 11:47 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Network Browsing Problem Hi folks, Hopefully someone can offer a few suggestions for this. It's been bugging me for a few weeks now. I've a laptop that's not able to browse to any of the shares on a local Windows Network. The laptop has XP Pro on it and all the other machines have XP Pro on them. I can ping and connect to the network shares with their IP addresses. Net Bios is enabled on the laptop and it's a member of the same workgroup as all other machines. If I click on My Network Places/Entire Network/Microsoft Windows Network and the workgroup name using the laptop I can only see it in the workgroup. No static IP's or pre-assigned DNS in TCP/IP and I've confirmed that it's using the default/same subnet mask as the other machines. No firewalls enabled on the laptop itself. Have double checked that the Windows Firewall isn't turned on. Any ideas? Thanks, Barry. "Tell me and I will hear, show me and I will see, involve me and I will understand. Chinese Proverb" Barry Toner Placement Systems Engineer Liberty Information Technology Direct Line: 02890 167000 Adelaide Exchange Fax: 02890 445511 24-26 Adelaide Street Switchboard: 02890 445500 Belfast BT2 8GD Email: b.toner@liberty-it.co.uk _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins -- allpay.net Limited, Fortis et Fides, Whitestone Business Park, Whitestone, Hereford, HR1 3SE. Registered in England No. 02933191. UK VAT Reg. No. 666 9148 88. Telephone: 0870 243 3434, Fax: 0870 243 6041. Website: www.allpay.net Email: enquiries@allpay.net This email, and any files transmitted with it, is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the allpay.net Information Security Manager at the number above.
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