Len
Tue May 06 14:36:07 PDT 2008
Hi Mark,
I don't really think it is the firewall either but I thought it would be
easy to rule out and get on with tracking down the real reason I can't
access the shared printers. How naive was I? I now have an intriguing poser
and my original problem remains.
I'll read your filesharing link and see if it sheds any light or prompts any
lines of investigation.
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Len
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"Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> If ping works, it's not likely to be the firewall. You need to set the
> share somehow different. When a system is not setup to share with that
> user, the system is not found.
> Windows XP Professional File Sharing:
>
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm
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> "Len B" <gonehome@internode0.on0.net> wrote in message
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>> I have a couple of XP Pro machines with this problem.
>>
>> We have a LAN based on SBS 2003. I can ping them successfully but I
>> cannot access their shares. Figuring that there may be a firewall issue,
>> I decided to disable it to see if that made a difference. However the
>> firewall is set to on but all the radio buttons are dimmed. The 'Don't
>> allow exceptions' tick box is available though. It is the only thing that
>> is. Any idea what is happening?
>>
>> When I enter \\WkStn13 into the address bar of an explorer window I get
>> the "Windows cannot find 'WkStn13'. Check spelling, try again. Try
>> searching.." etc. error.
>>
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>> Len
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