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From: pmennen on 27 Apr 2008 17:14
My network consisted of destop and two wirelessly connected laptops all
running winxp pro. File sharing worked fine, with all computers being able to
see all the drives of all the other computers.

Today I added another wirelessly connected laptop (IBM ThinkPad) to my
network using the same workgroup name (simple file sharing). The ThinkPad can
now see all the other drives on the other 3 computers.

From explorer on the other computers, I go to Entire Network, then Microsoft
Windows Network, then my workgroup name, and I see all the computers on the
network including the new ThinkPad. However when I click on it I get the
error message:

\\ThinkPad is not accessible. You might not have persmission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you
have access permissions. The remote server has been paused or is in the
process of being started.

I made sure that File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks was
enabled, and I had set the root directory of the c drive as sharable with
write access and even set one of the subdirectories as sharable as well just
to make sure it wasn't a problem with the root directory.

I even tried adding the protocol "NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible
Transport Protocol" since I saw a tip that suggested it, to no avail.
Explorer still gives the same frustrating error message.

Since the error message mentioned a paused process, I ran "what's running"
on the thinkpad and all the processes (including the svchose.exe processes)
look reasonable to me. I've also uninstalled the virus protection software,
again to no avail.

I don't know if it is relevent, but I can ping the ThinkPad from the other
computers no problem (using its network address), and of course the ThinkPad
can also ping the other computers in the network.

I'm completely out of ideas. Does anybody have any ideas for me. If so it
would be much appreciated, as I've already wasted 5 hours working on this
problem.
Thanks
~Paul
From: pmennen on 27 Apr 2008 17:17
Oh and I forgot to mention, I turned off the microsoft firewall on the
thinkpad just to make sure that wasn't the problem. It wasn't. Same error
message of course.
~Paul

From: Steve Winograd on 27 Apr 2008 19:04
On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:14:00 -0700, pmennen
<pmennen(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>My network consisted of destop and two wirelessly connected laptops all
>running winxp pro. File sharing worked fine, with all computers being able to
>see all the drives of all the other computers.
>
>Today I added another wirelessly connected laptop (IBM ThinkPad) to my
>network using the same workgroup name (simple file sharing). The ThinkPad can
>now see all the other drives on the other 3 computers.
>
>From explorer on the other computers, I go to Entire Network, then Microsoft
>Windows Network, then my workgroup name, and I see all the computers on the
>network including the new ThinkPad. However when I click on it I get the
>error message:
>
>\\ThinkPad is not accessible. You might not have persmission to use this
>network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you
>have access permissions. The remote server has been paused or is in the
>process of being started.
>
>I made sure that File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks was
>enabled, and I had set the root directory of the c drive as sharable with
>write access and even set one of the subdirectories as sharable as well just
>to make sure it wasn't a problem with the root directory.
>
>I even tried adding the protocol "NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible
>Transport Protocol" since I saw a tip that suggested it, to no avail.
>Explorer still gives the same frustrating error message.
>
>Since the error message mentioned a paused process, I ran "what's running"
>on the thinkpad and all the processes (including the svchose.exe processes)
>look reasonable to me. I've also uninstalled the virus protection software,
>again to no avail.
>
>I don't know if it is relevent, but I can ping the ThinkPad from the other
>computers no problem (using its network address), and of course the ThinkPad
>can also ping the other computers in the network.
>
>I'm completely out of ideas. Does anybody have any ideas for me. If so it
>would be much appreciated, as I've already wasted 5 hours working on this
>problem.
>Thanks
>~Paul

Run "services.msc" on the ThinkPad, and make sure that the Server
service is started. Look for any other services that are paused.

I think that the NWLink tip is bogus. Windows networking works best
with the same, single protocol on all computers.
--
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From: Chuck [MVP] on 27 Apr 2008 19:47
On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:14:00 -0700, pmennen <pmennen(a)discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>My network consisted of destop and two wirelessly connected laptops all
>running winxp pro. File sharing worked fine, with all computers being able to
>see all the drives of all the other computers.
>
>Today I added another wirelessly connected laptop (IBM ThinkPad) to my
>network using the same workgroup name (simple file sharing). The ThinkPad can
>now see all the other drives on the other 3 computers.
>
>From explorer on the other computers, I go to Entire Network, then Microsoft
>Windows Network, then my workgroup name, and I see all the computers on the
>network including the new ThinkPad. However when I click on it I get the
>error message:
>
>\\ThinkPad is not accessible. You might not have persmission to use this
>network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you
>have access permissions. The remote server has been paused or is in the
>process of being started.
>
>I made sure that File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks was
>enabled, and I had set the root directory of the c drive as sharable with
>write access and even set one of the subdirectories as sharable as well just
>to make sure it wasn't a problem with the root directory.
>
>I even tried adding the protocol "NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible
>Transport Protocol" since I saw a tip that suggested it, to no avail.
>Explorer still gives the same frustrating error message.
>
>Since the error message mentioned a paused process, I ran "what's running"
>on the thinkpad and all the processes (including the svchose.exe processes)
>look reasonable to me. I've also uninstalled the virus protection software,
>again to no avail.
>
>I don't know if it is relevent, but I can ping the ThinkPad from the other
>computers no problem (using its network address), and of course the ThinkPad
>can also ping the other computers in the network.
>
>I'm completely out of ideas. Does anybody have any ideas for me. If so it
>would be much appreciated, as I've already wasted 5 hours working on this
>problem.
>Thanks
>~Paul

Paul,

Please start by removing IXP/SPX. For best results you need to use just one
protocol.
<http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html>
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html

NetBT is the native protocol used in Windows Networking. Make sure that it's
explicitly Enabled in all computers.
<http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html>
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html

And check the restrictanonymous setting.
<http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/07/restrictanonymous-and-your-server.html>
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/07/restrictanonymous-and-your-server.html

And make sure that you don't have an overlooked personal firewall. What
antivirus protection do you use?
<http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html>
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html


--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/
From: Chuck [MVP] on 27 Apr 2008 19:57
On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:04:08 -0600, Steve Winograd <bc070521m(a)comcast.net>
wrote:

>On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:14:00 -0700, pmennen
><pmennen(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>From explorer on the other computers, I go to Entire Network, then Microsoft
>>Windows Network, then my workgroup name, and I see all the computers on the
>>network including the new ThinkPad. However when I click on it I get the
>>error message:
>>
>>\\ThinkPad is not accessible. You might not have persmission to use this
>>network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you
>>have access permissions. The remote server has been paused or is in the
>>process of being started.

>>I even tried adding the protocol "NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible
>>Transport Protocol" since I saw a tip that suggested it, to no avail.
>>Explorer still gives the same frustrating error message.
>
>I think that the NWLink tip is bogus. Windows networking works best
>with the same, single protocol on all computers.

Steve,

Here, I suspect, is the tip in question:
<http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t6813.html>
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t6813.html
"I also had this error message, and then I read on another site that I needed
NetBIOS for a mixed OS enviroment -- XP and Windows 2000 in my case. I went to
the properties of the Local Area Connection and installed a protocol called
"NWLink IPX/XPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol" from the install list."

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/
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