draggin Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 I have lost ability to browse my workgroup, I click on Netwrok Placesclick on view workgroup computers, egg timer appears and after about ten second the following message comes upHome is not accessible (my workgroup) You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact your administrator in charge of this server.This account is not authorised to log in from this stationWell I am currently logged in as administrator and have been able to access for over a year.I can use the search program to search for a computer which it will find and I can then access themThe network seems to work ok apart from above.Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homecomputeraid Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Hi Draggin,What Operating Systems on the PC's? I'm guessing you've tried rebooting the PC(s) with the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draggin Posted February 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Sorry should of said, XP Home SP2 + all other updatesReboots make no differenceTim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homecomputeraid Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Draggin,Have you made any changes to your network recently, like installing SP2, or a Windows Update? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draggin Posted February 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Sp2 has been installed for about 3 months, the last update I can find on my system is dated the 12-01-05. and I was able to browse the network a couple of weeks ago.Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homecomputeraid Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Make sure you have Simple File Sharing turned on. Also, you might try changing the workgroup names on both PC's. Make sure the name is exactly the same on both PC's, and make sure they have a unique computer name. To check the workgroup name, right click My Computer and select Properties from the menu that opens. In the System Properties window, click the Computer Name tab. Make note of the Workgroup Name. In the Networking Computer Name tab click the Change button. In the Computer Name Change window click Workgroup, and change it to match the name on the Windows other machine. Click Ok, then Ok again. Please post if you still have the same issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draggin Posted February 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Problem, I don't have the Simple file sharing option???I even ran the dam video to double check.I have tried the change work group bit already, made no difference. Must admit I don't want to start changing PC names, the system was working perfectly a few weeks ago so I want to stick with what was working for the time being.It looks like the next stage will be to work out what happened to simple file sharing, I checked the mS knowledge you directed me to and there was no indication if the simpel file tranfers is for both home and pro or pro only?? Any suggestion?Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draggin Posted February 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 Quick update, I have just noticed that there is a little Padlock symbol on each of the network icons, never seen them there before (had to reboot for the latest bug fix from MS). Could this be part of my problem, how do I get rid of them??Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenglenn Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 You likely have the Windows firewall getting in the way. If you have SP1, the firewall is "all or nothing" and blocks network connection. If you have SP2, you can set file and printer sharing as an exception to the firewall, and not have network traffic blocked. Right click on your Internet connection icon and select properties. Select the Advanced tab and follow your way to make firewall settings, marking file and printer sharing as an exception, or if SP1, disable the firewall and install an configurable one like Zone Alarm, wherein you can set up a "Trusted Zone" of a known ip range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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