 Peer to Peer XP systems, Work one way, not the other |
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 May 12 2005, 08:26 PM
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I read the steps in this page: http://www.careyholzman.com/xp/home/xphome-1.htm which are pretty self explanitory - but at the end there is a registry add that you can download - I did it and it all works now. 
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May 13 2005, 12:21 AM
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 Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 2,159 Joined: 18-March 05 From: near Sydney, Australia Member No.: 14,809 |
Glad you got yours sorted out Bambino
(mine's still pending)  I've networked a few XP Home machines and I've never even heard of some of the settings that guy has you fiddle with at the link you gave! My ignorance showing I suppose - or since he's a media type and into promoting his books and TV shows it could just be to convince you he's a genius. 
This post has been edited by Rimmer: May 13 2005, 12:32 AM -------------------- Soltek QBIC, Pentium 4 3.0GHz, 512MB RAM, 200GB SATA HDD, ATI Radeon 9600XT 256MB, Netgear 54Mb/s WAP, ridiculously expensive Satellite Broadband Windows XP Home SP2, Trend Micro Internet Security, Firefox, Thunderbird, AdAwareSE, Spybot S&D, SpywareBlaster, A-squared Free, Ewido Security Suite. |
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May 13 2005, 12:26 AM
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 I can see what you post! Group: Members Posts: 6,384 Joined: 14-February 05 Member No.: 12,053 |
QUOTE(Rimmer @ May 9 2005, 01:02 AM) Update - PC1 is running XP Pro, PC2 is running XP Home. (I could have sworn I checked it!)  That would make things fit with yanowhiz' 'needs a password' suggestion. And explains why things work in one direction but not the other. Sorry for the incorrect information. I'll go back to the user with the security policy change and see what happens.  See I told you so... lolAnyhow let us know as soon as you test it with the passwords. 
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May 19 2005, 03:08 AM
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Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 2,159 Joined: 18-March 05 From: near Sydney, Australia Member No.: 14,809 |
UPDATE: Well here at last I made the arrangements to visit the site armed with my "most likely" fix (and a backup list of a dozen other "solutions").
Go for the most likely fix: QUOTE I changed the security policy (Control Panel / Administrative Tool / Security Policy / Local Profiles / Security Options / Limit Local Account Use of Blank Passwords to Console Login Only) from Enabled to Disabled. Result - It's already set that way. Get out the backup list and try fix No.1 QUOTE Check the Local Security Policy ander 'User Rights Assignment'. See who has 'Access this computer from the network' right. Add the user who is trying to access the share. Result - The entry was blank. Tried to add a user but there was no option to do this. Added the computer name of the Windows XP Home PC. Appeared to work but when I closed the window I got the error "Failed to Save Local Policy Database."  Try fix No.2 QUOTE make sure that in Users and Passwords there is an account that matches the name/password of the remote machine with privileges to access the shared resources. Result - both machines log on wih the same username, which is the administrator, without a password. Already done. Try fix No.3 QUOTE To fix it, I went to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Local Security Policy, then under Security Settings, Local Policies, Security Options. I went to the entry "Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts". Right clicked and selected properties and change the setting to "Classic - local users authenticate as themselves". I then had to create an account on the computer I was trying to access (Professional version) with the same name as the computer I was using to access. The password should be the same, but can be different (you will have to type the user name and password each time you access networked computer). Under "User rights Assignment" the first entry is "Access this computer from the network". Make sure it at least includes "Administrator" Result - "Classic - local users authenticate as themselves" was already set. Local Policies>User rights Assignment>Access this computer from the network tried to add Administrator but I got the error "Failed to Save Local Policy Database."  Give up on list of solutions and look down list of Local Security Settings>Security Setings>Local Policies>Security Options and change anything that looks like it might prevent access over the network: 'Allow anonymous SID/Name translation' was changed to Not Applicable. 'Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts' I changed to Disabled. 'Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts and shares' I changed to Disabled. and just for luck under 'Recovery console:' I changed 'Allow floppy copy and access to all drives and all folders' to Enabled. Result - It worked! The XP home PC is able to see the shared folders and shared printer on the XP Pro PC. Just like a real network! If anyone can, and cares to, explain to me what I did that was right I'd be very happy to hear. (Apologies for the long post.) -------------------- Soltek QBIC, Pentium 4 3.0GHz, 512MB RAM, 200GB SATA HDD, ATI Radeon 9600XT 256MB, Netgear 54Mb/s WAP, ridiculously expensive Satellite Broadband Windows XP Home SP2, Trend Micro Internet Security, Firefox, Thunderbird, AdAwareSE, Spybot S&D, SpywareBlaster, A-squared Free, Ewido Security Suite. |
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May 31 2005, 04:56 AM
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QUOTE(Bambino @ May 9 2005, 10:54 PM) Rimmer, Did this work for you? I have the EXACT same problem - but both units are XP Home SP2. Please advise, I'm happy my desktop can see the laptop, but I need it the otherway around! Thanks in advance! Hey!! I have a network of 3 XP professional machines with SP2 installed on them, connected in a workgroup. 2 of them are able to speak with each other perfectly (share drives, access folders via network, ping). The third one is able to ping the other 2 as well as access their shared resources. However, when I try to access PC3 from PC 1 or PC2 I get the above error. I have tried the following options: 1. Make sure that all the users including domain users have the permission "Log on locally" on the host where the telnet service is running. 2. In User Rights Assignments of Security Policy, "Access this computer from the network" has Everyone group is included; whereas in "Deny access to this computer from the network" the Everyone group is NOT included. 3. Set the "ForceGuest" to "0" since Guest is disabled. DIdnt work, so I reverted it. 4. Folder Options/Use simple file sharing 5. "Allow login locally" has the Everyone group included, "deny login locally" doesnt have the Everyone group. |
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May 31 2005, 06:41 AM
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Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 2,159 Joined: 18-March 05 From: near Sydney, Australia Member No.: 14,809 |
Yeah, It really looks like a black art getting Windows XP Pro machines to network - I fixed my specific problem and I still don't have any idea why it works now! (but I have limited the options)
I think you need to have the guest accounts enabled on all your machines. Comment from Networking gurus please? -------------------- Soltek QBIC, Pentium 4 3.0GHz, 512MB RAM, 200GB SATA HDD, ATI Radeon 9600XT 256MB, Netgear 54Mb/s WAP, ridiculously expensive Satellite Broadband Windows XP Home SP2, Trend Micro Internet Security, Firefox, Thunderbird, AdAwareSE, Spybot S&D, SpywareBlaster, A-squared Free, Ewido Security Suite. |
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Jun 3 2005, 04:15 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 31-May 05 Member No.: 21,900 |
Well, I have figured out something.. I should have included it.
 Actually the network contains four pcs, the last one being a Win2k server, acting as domain controller. The rest of the 3 XP pro machines are members of the domain. When you search for computers in the network places of any xp computer, the searched PC shows up with location as domain member. However, our PC1 seems to be showing location as "unknown". This means it isnt considering itself a part of the domain although the domain is configured thus and login id and password exists. Infact, the “computer name” properties of “my computer” show it to be a part of the domain and it can login to domain with given password. I thought there might be some small glitch. I changed the computer name properties, and made it a member of a workgroup. It can still access the other pcs now. But now its REFUSING to go back to domain. The following message comes up: “A domain controller for the domain could not be contacted. Ensure that the domain name is typed correctly If the name is correct, click details for troubleshooting information.” And in details: An error occurred when DNS was queried for the service location (SRV) resource record used to locate a domain controller for domain. The error was: "No records found for given DNS query." (error code 0x0000251D DNS_INFO_NO_RECORDS) The query was for the SRV record for _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs  is the word!!
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Jun 3 2005, 09:16 AM
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 Bleep Bleep! Group: Admin Posts: 29,474 Joined: 24-January 04 From: USA Member No.: 3 |
Is this computer using the same dns server as the rest of the machines in the domain? You can add the domain to your lmhosts file.
IE: ipaddressofserver computernameofserver #PRE #DOM:nameofdomain -------------------- Lawrence
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