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From: Ray on 8 Apr 2008 13:05
Thanks for that Brad
That one scared me a little,,, :-)
So I tried this one,,

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881

it matched my scenario to a T and worked like a charm,,,,, now need to
straighten out QBooks with the new Permissions,,,,
Keeping PCs running shouldn't be this dificult,,,,,, ;-)

Thanks again, Ray



"Brad Morris" wrote:

> Ray, I found an answer that worked for me
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;177078
>
> This was not in my registry so I had to enter it. I started at 18 and BANG!
> I could see and get into my folders. I did see a slow up of internet browser
> and outlook express so I have dropped from 18 down to 15 and will continue
> to play until it is stable.
> I had forgotten that I had just installed ancronis True Image and I think
> that is what did it.
>
> I tried adjusting the machine that I was trying to read from (not the one
> withthe files on it) with no sucsess and then tried it on the server or the
> one that had the files on it and that is what did the job. Hope it works
> for you too. What a hassle.
>
> Brad
>
>
> "Ray" <Ray(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E1276C57-F310-48CC-8CF3-D47AB0870382(a)microsoft.com...
> >
> >
> > "Brad Morris" wrote:
> >
> >> Like Ron, several posts back, We have been running 5 machines on XP for 4
> >> years with no problems. Then, all of a sudden last Fri afternoon the
> >> other 4
> >> machines could not print to a dot matrix printer located on Problem XP.
> >> This
> >> printer is set up on LPT2 and everyone else redirects the output of their
> >> machine to lpt2 (NET USE LPT2: \\BRAD\SERVICE /PERSISTENT:YES). While
> >> trying
> >> to figure out why this was happening, I discovered that the problem XP
> >> machine could see and read all files on the other machines (that had
> >> shared
> >> folders) but even though they could see the shared folders on the problem
> >> XP, they could not open them. I also getthe "Access Denied... You might
> >> not
> >> have the permission......." error.
> >> Unlike Ron, We are just using the simple file share on all machines. I
> >> have
> >> turned off the Firewall (just to test if that was the problem - I already
> >> had the XP firewall off, we are using CA)
> >> I have made no changes to the system.
> >> I can ping this machine from all the others and again, I can see the
> >> shared
> >> folders on the probem machine from the others but can not access them.
> >> What else should I be checking for? I am hoping that whatever is going
> >> on
> >> will also let everyone print to the problem XP again after this issue is
> >> resolved.
> >>
> >> thanks ahead of time
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Brad
> > I'm the poster from 4/6/2008 with the same subject and have the exact
> > same
> > problem and having a devil of a time trying to fix it.
> > I've checked a multitude of possible causes suggested from other threads
> > and
> > even the security forum.
> > I'm down to one item that might be causing the problem for me and may help
> > you out in some way.
> > I've been trying to turn off windows fire wall without any luck. It doesn't
> > seem to want to shut off. Norton Anti virus is running on all the machines
> > including the problem one. I hate Norton!! I don't believe their anti
> > virus
> > has a built in fire wall though that could be overriding XPs.
> >
> > If I find anything out further, I'll post here
> > Good luck, Ray
> >
>
>
>
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