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| Thread ID: 86769 | 2008-01-28 06:51:00 | Wireless networking problems | R.M. (561) | Press F1 |
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| 634710 | 2008-01-29 08:40:00 | Use the wizard in ZA dont add the ips in yoursef. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 634711 | 2008-01-29 18:27:00 | Use the wizard in ZA dont add the ips in yoursef. That's obviously something else I have to learn about. :confused: I had a look at ZoneAlarm, but couldn't see the wizard. Would you mind pointing me in the right direction please? Thanks, as always. |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 634712 | 2008-01-30 06:58:00 | Just reporting back - some partial progress I think. I can now take files off the laptop to the desktop - with or without ZoneAlarm being on (I had to change the IP address, but still can't work out where the wizard is in ZoneAlarm). HOWEVER, so far I fail to do the reverse (which according to Murphy's Law is what I would most want to do...). The other odd thing is that when I enable sharing of files on the desktop, they fail to show up in My Network Places on that 'puter. When I try to access the desktop files from the laptop, the message is: "\\c drive pc is not available. You might not have permission ...etc. The network path was not found." And yes, I can ping each computer from the other now. :groan: |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 634713 | 2008-01-30 07:14:00 | Wouldnt have a clue where the network wizard is in ZA now . I uninstalled it a few yrs ago . I would get the wireless version of ZA, it may make a diff . It may have the options in it that the standard/Pro versions dont have . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 634714 | 2008-01-30 10:18:00 | If you can ping both ways you have a network. This is good! Have a look at the following to see whether it helps. Make sure to check the 'restrictanonymous' reg key - it has caused MUCH hair loss over time! Good luck. Inability to Access Network Resources When trying to access a WinXP computer over the network, users may receive an error message that claims they do not have permission to access the resource. This may be caused by several things. XP Home users (as well as XP Pro users utilizing Simple File Sharing) need to ensure their network Guest account is enabled and has a blank password. This is not the same as the Guest account that exists in the accounts settings of the Control Panel. 1. To enable the network Guest account on XP Home and Pro, click Start, click Run, type: net user guest /active:yes, and hit Enter. 2. Ensure there is no password for the Guest account: click Start, click Run, type: control userpasswords2, and hit Enter. Click once on Guest, click Reset Password, and then click OK without entering a new password. 3. Be aware that Windows XP, when installed on an NTFS disk partition and using simple file sharing, blocks network access to the Program Files and Windows directories as well as users folders within the Documents and Settings directory. This behavior is by design. 4. There are two registry keys to check on XP that have the potential to cause network headaches. The first is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/Lsa 5. Ensure that restrictanonymous is set to 0. Ignore the restrictanonymoussam entry that looks similar and may also appear. 6. Older versions of Norton Anti-Virus set a value for IRPStacksize in the registry that is too low for XP. In fact, XP doesn't even need this registry key. If you have it in your registry, thankSymantec (NSDQ: SYMC) and then delete it. If you determine that the XP registry has this unneeded entry, check this registry location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services/Lanmanserver/Parameters. You can read more about this issue from Symantec and Microsoft. If you're still having issues, a great place to start is Hans-Georg Michna's Windows XP Network Problem Solver site. You describe the scenario; the site provides numerous possible solutions. Also, feel free to share any networking issues you have with us in the TechBuilder forums. We'll do what we can do to offer up a solution for you. |
linw (53) | ||
| 634715 | 2008-01-30 18:36:00 | 5 . Ensure that restrictanonymous is set to 0 . Ignore the restrictanonymoussam entry that looks similar and may also appear . Thanks for that - so far so good, but when I came to the above, restrictanonymous has "default - (value not set)" . Should I put '0' there instead of 'value not set'? |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 634716 | 2008-01-30 19:54:00 | I certainly would. Can't do any harm. Not sure how it interprets 'default value' though. Let's know how it goes. | linw (53) | ||
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