Loss of file sharing

Something has happened to one of the ME computers on my MS Home
Network which is preventing it from accessing the shared resources on
the other computers on the network. It did work previously, but now
for some unknown reason I can still access the Internet (via another
PC on the LAN) but not any shared files elsewhere in the network.
When I click on "Whole network" in the "My Network Places" icon, it
says "Unable to browse the network".

I can ping all the other computers on the network, both by name and by
IP address.

The other computers on the network can ping me, and can even access
the shared files on my computer. They can also access each other's
shared files.

I have tried re-running the Network Wizard, but it has made no
difference.

I'd be most grateful for any pointers.

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Walt Davidson Email: g3nyy @despammed.com

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 12:28:17 +0000, Walt Davidson
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Something has happened to one of the ME computers on my MS Home
>Network which is preventing it from accessing the shared resources on
>the other computers on the network.

Drat!!! Silly me .... I fixed it five minutes after posting this
query.

It was a misconfigured Zone Alarm firewall on the gateway computer!
It had somehow dropped the "problem computer" from its Trusted Zone
listing.

Sorry to have troubled you, peeps! At least I have learned a lesson
today ... turn off all firewalls before troubleshooting the network!!!
:-)

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Walt Davidson Email: g3nyy @despammed.com

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Walt Davidson
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Something has happened to one of the ME computers on my MS Home
>Network which is preventing it from accessing the shared resources on
>the other computers on the network. It did work previously, but now
>for some unknown reason I can still access the Internet (via another
>PC on the LAN) but not any shared files elsewhere in the network.
>When I click on "Whole network" in the "My Network Places" icon, it
>says "Unable to browse the network".
>
>I can ping all the other computers on the network, both by name and by
>IP address.
>
>The other computers on the network can ping me, and can even access
>the shared files on my computer. They can also access each other's
>shared files.
>
>I have tried re-running the Network Wizard, but it has made no
>difference.
>
>I'd be most grateful for any pointers.

It can take up to 15 minutes after a computer starts up before network
browsing works. During that time, you should be able to access
another computer by typing the other computer's name in the Start |
Run box preceded by two backslash characters:

\\computer

If that doesn't work, a common reason for inability to browse the
network is that the user isn't logged on. Is there a logon prompt
when Windows Me starts? If so, don't cancel it. Complete the logon
by entering a user name and, optionally, a password. If there's no
logon prompt, click Start | Log Off and log back on. If that makes
network browsing work properly, the most likely fix is to go to this
registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\
Network\Real Mode Net

and delete the value named "AutoLogon", as shown here:

http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/nologon.htm#AutoLogon
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I am having exactly the same problem but it is not Zone
Alarm related. I can "see" the effected computer from
other computers on the network, write to and read from the
computer's hard drive yet I cannot see any other computer
from the ME machine. I have not tried drive mapping or URL
access yet.

The logon dialog box comes up during the boot sequence, I
enter a user name (no password on this internal network)
an click OK. I have tried the start>logoff>logon sequence
with no effect. I have been using this peer to peer for a
while and this has me stumped....

Thanks,


>-----Original Message-----
>On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 12:28:17 +0000, Walt Davidson
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Something has happened to one of the ME computers on my
MS Home
>>Network which is preventing it from accessing the shared
resources on
>>the other computers on the network.
>
>Drat!!! Silly me .... I fixed it five minutes after
posting this
>query.
>
>It was a misconfigured Zone Alarm firewall on the gateway
computer!
>It had somehow dropped the "problem computer" from its
Trusted Zone
>listing.
>
>Sorry to have troubled you, peeps! At least I have
learned a lesson
>today ... turn off all firewalls before troubleshooting
the network!!!
>:-)
>
>--
>Walt Davidson Email: g3nyy
@despammed.com
>.
>