Windows no longer displays Computers in My Network Places msc-tech 12/22/2008 9:39:00 PM I have one PC that will not connect to another XP Pro PC on the network BY NAME. I can connect to the other machine by IP address, but not by name. I have tried reconfiguring everything I can think of. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Re: Windows no longer displays Computers in My Network Places "John John (MVP)" <audetweld[ at ]nbnet.nb.ca> 12/23/2008 12:56:11 PM msc-tech wrote: [Quoted Text] > I have one PC that will not connect to another XP Pro PC on the network BY > NAME. I can connect to the other machine by IP address, but not by name. I > have tried reconfiguring everything I can think of. Any help would be > appreciated. Thank you. What kind of network is it on? John

Re: Windows no longer displays Computers in My Network Places msc-tech 12/23/2008 3:49:02 PM "John John (MVP)" wrote: [Quoted Text] > msc-tech wrote: > > I have one PC that will not connect to another XP Pro PC on the network BY > > NAME. I can connect to the other machine by IP address, but not by name. I > > have tried reconfiguring everything I can think of. Any help would be > > appreciated. Thank you. > > What kind of network is it on? > > John > > The network is a Windows Server 2003-based Domain with 6 systems currently online. The issue only presents between two systems. The issue does not exist everywhere nor does this problem show up all of the time. One of the errors that shows up is "Access is denied.......The User name could not be found." The owner of the company (the person whose computer has the problem) does not use the AD Published shares, but prefers to get to a share via My Network places > Entire Netowrk > Windows Network > Workgroup. The issue is that the computer (The VP of Operations) that is trying to be contacted does not always respond via its host name but it almost always responds to its IP address. I have done many searches on the net related to this issue. I have tried every solution that I could find. Thank you for any help!

Re: Windows no longer displays Computers in My Network Places smlunatick <yveslec[ at ]gmail.com> 12/23/2008 4:27:50 PM On Dec 23, 10:49 am, msc-tech <msct...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > "John John (MVP)" wrote: > > msc-tech wrote: > > > I have one PC that will not connect to another XP Pro PC on the network BY > > > NAME. I can connect to the other machine by IP address, but not by name. I > > > have tried reconfiguring everything I can think of. Any help would be > > > appreciated. Thank you. > > > What kind of network is it on? > > > John > > > The network is a Windows Server 2003-based Domain with 6 systems currently online. The issue only presents between two systems. The issue does not exist everywhere nor does this problem show up all of the time. One of the errors that shows up is "Access is denied.......The User name could not be found." The owner of the company (the person whose computer has the problem) does not use the AD Published shares, but prefers to get to a share via My Network places > Entire Netowrk > Windows Network > Workgroup. The issue is that the computer (The VP of Operations) that is trying to be contacted does not always respond via its host name but it almost always responds to its IP address. I have done many searches on the net related to this issue.. I have tried every solution that I could find. Thank you for any help!- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Check with the software firewall and antivirus settings on the Pc "locally." This can indicate that these softwares might be blocking the "NetBIOS name resolution" IP protocol since this protocol can be use to spread the Internet worm viruses. To check this out, try to access a different PC, on the affect one, by the IP address (\ \192.168.0.1) instead of PC name (\\PC1.)

Re: Windows no longer displays Computers in My Network Places "John John (MVP)" <audetweld[ at ]nbnet.nb.ca> 12/23/2008 7:10:35 PM msc-tech wrote: [Quoted Text] > > "John John (MVP)" wrote: > > >> msc-tech wrote: >> >>> I have one PC that will not connect to another XP Pro PC on the >>> network BY NAME. I can connect to the other machine by IP >>> address, but not by name. I have tried reconfiguring everything I >>> can think of. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. >> >> What kind of network is it on? >> >> John >> >> The network is a Windows Server 2003-based Domain with 6 systems >> currently online. The issue only presents between two systems. The >> issue does not exist everywhere nor does this problem show up all >> of the time. One of the errors that shows up is "Access is >> denied.......The User name could not be found." The owner of the >> company (the person whose computer has the problem) does not use >> the AD Published shares, but prefers to get to a share via My >> Network places > Entire Netowrk > Windows Network > Workgroup. The >> issue is that the computer (The VP of Operations) that is trying to >> be contacted does not always respond via its host name but it >> almost always responds to its IP address. I have done many searches >> on the net related to this issue. I have tried every solution that >> I could find. Thank you for any help! If the issue is intermittent (as in "nor does this problem show up all of the time") then I would be inclined to think that this is a Master Browser problem. Look in the Event Logs to see if any pertinent errors are recorded. Also, use the Net View command to get more information on the error (NET VIEW ComputerName). John

Re: Windows no longer displays Computers in My Network Places "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper[ at ]gmail.com> 12/23/2008 7:22:09 PM msc-tech wrote: [Quoted Text] > The network is a Windows Server 2003-based Domain with 6 systems > currently online. The issue only presents between two systems. The > issue does not exist everywhere nor does this problem show up all > of the time. One of the errors that shows up is "Access is > denied.......The User name could not be found." The owner of the > company (the person whose computer has the problem) does not use > the AD Published shares, but prefers to get to a share via My > Network places > Entire Netowrk > Windows Network > Workgroup. The > issue is that the computer (The VP of Operations) that is trying > to be contacted does not always respond via its host name but it > almost always responds to its IP address. I have done many > searches on the net related to this issue. I have tried every > solution that I could find. Thank you for any help! Sounds DNS related to me... at least on the surface. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Re: Windows no longer displays Computers in My Network Places msc-tech 12/23/2008 9:52:05 PM "smlunatick" wrote: [Quoted Text] > On Dec 23, 10:49 am, msc-tech <msct...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> > wrote: > > "John John (MVP)" wrote: > > > msc-tech wrote: > > > > I have one PC that will not connect to another XP Pro PC on the network BY > > > > NAME. I can connect to the other machine by IP address, but not by name. I > > > > have tried reconfiguring everything I can think of. Any help would be > > > > appreciated. Thank you. > > > > > What kind of network is it on? > > > > > John > > > > > The network is a Windows Server 2003-based Domain with 6 systems currently online. The issue only presents between two systems. The issue does not exist everywhere nor does this problem show up all of the time. One of the errors that shows up is "Access is denied.......The User name could not be found." The owner of the company (the person whose computer has the problem) does not use the AD Published shares, but prefers to get to a share via My Network places > Entire Netowrk > Windows Network > Workgroup. The issue is that the computer (The VP of Operations) that is trying to be contacted does not always respond via its host name but it almost always responds to its IP address. I have done many searches on the net related to this issue.. I have tried every solution that I could find. Thank you for any help!- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > Check with the software firewall and antivirus settings on the Pc > "locally." This can indicate that these softwares might be blocking > the "NetBIOS name resolution" IP protocol since this protocol can be > use to spread the Internet worm viruses. To check this out, try to > access a different PC, on the affect one, by the IP address (\ > \192.168.0.1) instead of PC name (\\PC1.) > That does work, and the Firewall settings are correct. Any other suggestions?