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| Thread ID: 44400 | 2004-04-18 01:12:00 | network problem | karent (5222) | Press F1 |
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| 230246 | 2004-04-30 03:20:00 | A (small) breakthrough. I now have all three PCs appearing in the same workgroup, and I can see all three computer names when I view them in My Network Places/View Workgroup Computers on each. PC2 can access all files/resources on PC1. PC3 can access all files/resources on PC1. PC2 asks for a username/password when I attempt to get to PC3. PC3 asks for a username/password when I attempt to get to PC2. PC1 asks for a username/password when I attempt to get to PC2. PC1 reports the following error when I try to get to PC3: "Piglet is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. Logon failure: user account restriction. Possible reasons are blank passwords not allowed, logon hour restrictions, or a policy restriction has been enforced." There it is. Word-for-word. As far as I am aware we have never set any of the PCs up to log on with passwords. Are we getting somewhere? Apologies for the repetition of earlier parts of this post, but I just want to make everything clear as things stand right now. And please no more indian/teepee jokes. :) Thanks everyone. |
ktee (5538) | ||
| 230247 | 2004-04-30 05:30:00 | Another breakthrough. PC3 can see/access PCs 1 and 2. In other words, everything is okay as far as networking is concerned. However, PC2 and PC1 are still behaving as in my previous post asking for a password/permission error reporting. Assuming there's still someone out there who isn't totally fed up with all this, any suggestions on what I should try now? The only thing I changed on PC3 since my previous post is I enabled the guest account. It is now enabled on all machines. Thanks. | ktee (5538) | ||
| 230248 | 2004-04-30 05:45:00 | Re-read what I said in my previous post: Try creating a user account on all PC's with the same name and password (Make sure you give it a password, no cutting edges here). Then, login as that user (Only temporarily if you would prefer) and try the file sharing then. Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 230249 | 2004-04-30 12:55:00 | Can I suggest you try changing one more setting in you local security settings. To access the security policy in question you will need to go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Local Security Settings. This will open up a new window that has two panels side by side. On the left hand side panel select 'Local Policies' and then choose 'Security Options'. On the right hand side panel find the policy 'Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console login only' and double click on it. In the dialog box that comes up choose 'Disabled'. Select 'Ok' and close the 'Local Security Settings' window. This should be performed on all the PCs. Cheers Dave |
odyssey (4613) | ||
| 230250 | 2004-04-30 22:03:00 | Did you try what I said on the previous page? That fixed all my problems that are like this... and who's ping 192.168.1.1 ?? BTW, more often than not, if you cant see a computer in network places then you can acceess it by running or going to: \\computernamehere do for example, if youwanted to access "snake" you could run: \\snake hope that helps. |
Growly (6) | ||
| 230251 | 2004-05-02 20:32:00 | Guest account does not need to be enabled and is in fact a security problem. If you have simple file sharing enabled on each PC, (goto explore my computer, folder options, veiw, and right at the bottom make sure simple file sharing is enabled), then share a folder or drive on each PC, if the same message still comes up then you have other problems with the network. One question: Can all PC's access the internet? if not then there is probably a problem with the config of your firewall/router. |
tech_meister (5509) | ||
| 230252 | 2004-05-03 00:58:00 | > Guest account does not need to be enabled and is in > fact a security > problem. Agreed! > If you have simple file sharing enabled on each PC, > (goto explore my computer, folder options, veiw, and > right at the bottom make sure simple file sharing is > enabled), then share a folder or drive on each PC, if > the same message still comes up then you have other > problems with the network. We've already determined the problem is with File-sharing permissions.... > One question: Can all PC's access the internet? > if not then there is probably a problem with the > config of your firewall/router. Again, read over the posts... You'll see that she can ping PressF1 from all PC's, so therefore the net should be working (Unless the router is blocking outbound traffic on port 80 - but that would be complicating life assuming so). We are waiting for her to create the user accounts and get back to us :-) Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 230253 | 2004-05-03 07:53:00 | Yep, thanks for pointing out my dumbness, Chilling it must have been late at night when I read that ping data and in fact the router can be pinged as can pressF1, so I apologize for being a dumb-ass. I still maintain though that you do not need accounts in Xp pro I have set up many networks and never had to set up accounts.That error message does come up at first but as soon as you share a drive or folder it comes right, however it,s worth a go if all else fails I suppose. |
tech_meister (5509) | ||
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