I have a laptop running Win2000 server and Sygate Personal Firewall. I have another running WinXP. I created a "Network Place" on the Win2k laptop for "SharedDocs on the XPLaptop". I was able to access it fine.

Then I loaded Sygate Personal Firewall on the XP Laptop.

Then I started to get this error when trying to access that share across my home network "The remote server has been paused or is in the process of being started."

I can ping both computers from each other, but Windows is generating this error.

I uninstalled Sygate from the XP laptop and I still get this error.

Any ideas how to resolve this?

thanks,
Paul

Note: I also tried same access through Windows Explorer from 2 other PCs, neither having Sygate, and both return the same error. So, the problem must be on the XP laptop.

I physically turned off the machine, removed the battery, then restarted after a couple minutes. Same problem. Should I submit a HJT log?

thanks in advance for any insights anyone might have,
Paul

Boiano wrote:
Then I started to get this error when trying to access that share across my home network "The remote server has been paused or is in the process of being started."

Papi replied:
I also had this error message, and then I read on another site that I needed NetBIOS for a mixed OS enviroment -- XP and Windows 2000 in my case. I went to the properties of the Local Area Connection and installed a protocol called "NWLink IPX/XPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol" from the install list. Now everything works. Life is good.