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Author
26 Feb 2005 11:57 PM
Sam
I have Win XP Pro on SP1 on my desktop and XP Home SP2 on my laptop.  My
laptop can see the shared files on my desktop through my DLINK Wireless
router but cannot access them.  I receive an error message saying that I
may not have rights to the shared drive and also that there is not
enough server storage to process the command.  However, my desktop can
see and access the drives on my laptop without any problem.

I went to the registry and performed the fix to create the IRPSTACKSIZE
as indicated in MS Knowledge Base Q1777078 and I still cannot access the
drive.

I have disabled Zonealarm on both computers and even disabled AVG
Antivirus.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Author
27 Feb 2005 1:12 AM
DLink Guru
Hi, see if this info will help you...

http://www.howtonetworking.com/Troubleshooting/notaccessibale0.htm

Robert...

"Sam" <newsgro***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have Win XP Pro on SP1 on my desktop and XP Home SP2 on my laptop.  My
> laptop can see the shared files on my desktop through my DLINK Wireless
> router but cannot access them.  I receive an error message saying that I
> may not have rights to the shared drive and also that there is not
> enough server storage to process the command.  However, my desktop can
> see and access the drives on my laptop without any problem.
>
> I went to the registry and performed the fix to create the IRPSTACKSIZE
> as indicated in MS Knowledge Base Q1777078 and I still cannot access the
> drive.
>
> I have disabled Zonealarm on both computers and even disabled AVG
> Antivirus.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
>
Author
27 Feb 2005 3:04 AM
Blondee_yvr
Thanks for the link Robert.

I went onto pinging by IP. I don't know if I am doing anything wrong but I
am following the instructions in step A by typing: "ping 10.0.0.0.25" and I
received "request time out".  What is 10.0.0.0.25??  Or am I suppose to ping
my own computer's IP?  If so, that is not clear. I also have disabled XP
firewall , so I doubt that is the culprit.

"DLink Guru" <rjacobs0spamfree@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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> Hi, see if this info will help you...
>
> http://www.howtonetworking.com/Troubleshooting/notaccessibale0.htm
>
> Robert...
Author
27 Feb 2005 3:15 AM
DLink Guru
Have you ran the wireless network setup wizard on your desktop? Dont worry
about the laptop, its not the problem. The desktop is stopping the access.
Also, have you shared the drive on the desktop? Right click on the drive in
My Computer and goto the Sharing and security option and go through that
wizard.

As far as doing the ping, it wants you to try and ping the Desktop IP from
the Laptop. Also in your origional message you said you have Zone Alarm and
disabled it. I  have seen many times disabling a 3rd party firewall does not
work always. Sometimes you have to uninstall it and reinstall it after
having a network connection. Why? I cant answer that, it just is sometimes.

Robert....

"Blondee_yvr" <noth***@nothing.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the link Robert.
>
> I went onto pinging by IP. I don't know if I am doing anything wrong but I
> am following the instructions in step A by typing: "ping 10.0.0.0.25" and
> I
> received "request time out".  What is 10.0.0.0.25??  Or am I suppose to
> ping
> my own computer's IP?  If so, that is not clear. I also have disabled XP
> firewall , so I doubt that is the culprit.
>
> "DLink Guru" <rjacobs0spamfree@pacbell.net> wrote in message
> news:Z79Ud.18284$uc.12056@trnddc09...
>> Hi, see if this info will help you...
>>
>> http://www.howtonetworking.com/Troubleshooting/notaccessibale0.htm
>>
>> Robert...
>
>
Author
27 Feb 2005 3:39 AM
Sam
Yes to both, I just did and followed the instructions.  Now BOTH computers
don't see each other. I will attempt a system restore on my laptop to obtain
my original settings, at least it will be partial.  :-(

I ran ipconfig /all and my desktop's node name is UNKNOWN.


"DLink Guru" <rjacobs0spamfree@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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> Have you ran the wireless network setup wizard on your desktop? Dont worry
> about the laptop, its not the problem. The desktop is stopping the access.
> Also, have you shared the drive on the desktop? Right click on the drive
in
> My Computer and goto the Sharing and security option and go through that
> wizard.
>
> As far as doing the ping, it wants you to try and ping the Desktop IP from
> the Laptop. Also in your origional message you said you have Zone Alarm
and
> disabled it. I  have seen many times disabling a 3rd party firewall does
not
> work always. Sometimes you have to uninstall it and reinstall it after
> having a network connection. Why? I cant answer that, it just is
sometimes.
>
> Robert....
>
> "Blondee_yvr" <noth***@nothing.com> wrote in message
> news:XMaUd.518550$6l.195704@pd7tw2no...
> > Thanks for the link Robert.
> >
> > I went onto pinging by IP. I don't know if I am doing anything wrong but
I
> > am following the instructions in step A by typing: "ping 10.0.0.0.25"
and
> > I
> > received "request time out".  What is 10.0.0.0.25??  Or am I suppose to
> > ping
> > my own computer's IP?  If so, that is not clear. I also have disabled XP
> > firewall , so I doubt that is the culprit.
> >
> > "DLink Guru" <rjacobs0spamfree@pacbell.net> wrote in message
> > news:Z79Ud.18284$uc.12056@trnddc09...
> >> Hi, see if this info will help you...
> >>
> >> http://www.howtonetworking.com/Troubleshooting/notaccessibale0.htm
> >>
> >> Robert...
> >
> >
>
>
Author
27 Feb 2005 3:58 AM
DLink Guru
I said only work on the desktop, the laptop has no problem........

"Sam" <noth***@nothing.com> wrote in message
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> Yes to both, I just did and followed the instructions.  Now BOTH computers
> don't see each other. I will attempt a system restore on my laptop to
> obtain
> my original settings, at least it will be partial.  :-(
>
> I ran ipconfig /all and my desktop's node name is UNKNOWN.
>
>
> "DLink Guru" <rjacobs0spamfree@pacbell.net> wrote in message
> news:LXaUd.40602$EL5.17303@trnddc05...
>> Have you ran the wireless network setup wizard on your desktop? Dont
>> worry
>> about the laptop, its not the problem. The desktop is stopping the
>> access.
>> Also, have you shared the drive on the desktop? Right click on the drive
> in
>> My Computer and goto the Sharing and security option and go through that
>> wizard.
>>
>> As far as doing the ping, it wants you to try and ping the Desktop IP
>> from
>> the Laptop. Also in your origional message you said you have Zone Alarm
> and
>> disabled it. I  have seen many times disabling a 3rd party firewall does
> not
>> work always. Sometimes you have to uninstall it and reinstall it after
>> having a network connection. Why? I cant answer that, it just is
> sometimes.
>>
>> Robert....
>>
>> "Blondee_yvr" <noth***@nothing.com> wrote in message
>> news:XMaUd.518550$6l.195704@pd7tw2no...
>> > Thanks for the link Robert.
>> >
>> > I went onto pinging by IP. I don't know if I am doing anything wrong
>> > but
> I
>> > am following the instructions in step A by typing: "ping 10.0.0.0.25"
> and
>> > I
>> > received "request time out".  What is 10.0.0.0.25??  Or am I suppose to
>> > ping
>> > my own computer's IP?  If so, that is not clear. I also have disabled
>> > XP
>> > firewall , so I doubt that is the culprit.
>> >
>> > "DLink Guru" <rjacobs0spamfree@pacbell.net> wrote in message
>> > news:Z79Ud.18284$uc.12056@trnddc09...
>> >> Hi, see if this info will help you...
>> >>
>> >> http://www.howtonetworking.com/Troubleshooting/notaccessibale0.htm
>> >>
>> >> Robert...
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
Author
27 Feb 2005 4:08 AM
Sam
I know, I just followed the instructions of XP. Now, after system restore,
my desktop can read the laptop but not the other way around.  I am back to
square one.   Could the fact that my node's name on my PC say UNKNOWN have
anything to do with it?  The shared files are selected as far as XP Security
and I am using NTFS. Any other suggestions?


"DLink Guru" <rjacobs0spamfree@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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> I said only work on the desktop, the laptop has no problem........
>
> "Sam" <noth***@nothing.com> wrote in message
> news:RhbUd.518000$8l.416710@pd7tw1no...
> > Yes to both, I just did and followed the instructions.  Now BOTH
computers
> > don't see each other. I will attempt a system restore on my laptop to
> > obtain
> > my original settings, at least it will be partial.  :-(
> >
> > I ran ipconfig /all and my desktop's node name is UNKNOWN.
> >
> >
> > "DLink Guru" <rjacobs0spamfree@pacbell.net> wrote in message
> > news:LXaUd.40602$EL5.17303@trnddc05...
Author
27 Feb 2005 4:57 AM
Sam
Never mind....I figured it out.  I had to increase the IRPstack size to 25
and now it works.  Norton Ghost was the culprit.

"Sam" <noth***@nothing.com> wrote in message
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> I know, I just followed the instructions of XP. Now, after system restore,
> my desktop can read the laptop but not the other way around.  I am back to
> square one.   Could the fact that my node's name on my PC say UNKNOWN have
> anything to do with it?  The shared files are selected as far as XP
Security
> and I am using NTFS. Any other suggestions?
Author
27 Feb 2005 4:57 AM
Enkidu
Blondee_yvr wrote:
> Thanks for the link Robert.
>
> I went onto pinging by IP. I don't know if I am doing anything wrong but I
> am following the instructions in step A by typing: "ping 10.0.0.0.25" and I
> received "request time out".  What is 10.0.0.0.25??  Or am I suppose to ping
> my own computer's IP?  If so, that is not clear. I also have disabled XP
> firewall , so I doubt that is the culprit.
>
"10.0.0.0.25" is wrong. I don't know what the instructions
were, but IP addresses only have 4 "octets" and that has 5.
Is that a typo?

Cheers,

Cliff

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Author
27 Feb 2005 6:55 AM
Sam
"Enkidu" <enkidu.***@com.cliffp.com> wrote in message
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> "10.0.0.0.25" is wrong. I don't know what the instructions
> were, but IP addresses only have 4 "octets" and that has 5.
> Is that a typo?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cliff

Yes, the extra "0" was a typo.  The link and directions on the site didn't
bother to mention to enter your own IP address ie. ping your own IP address.