Windows 2003 Server SP2 network share properties dialog fails

Hi all,

I have noticed that after sp2 installation I can't anymore see properties
dialog for network shares. Every time I right click on the network share
(\\server\share) and choose Properties - nothing happens and explorer
suddenly starts acting slowly. When I log off a window pops up suggesting to
terminate explorer.exe. When I roll back service pack 2 the network shares
properties functionality is restored. I have firewall service turned on on
the server as suggested in other posts to prevent network browsing from
being a complete crawl but in this case it does not help.

Does anyone have any ideas about solving this problem?

Thanks a lot!

Roman



Roman Tumaykin

If you check the firewall set up after applying SP2, you will find the SP2
change IP scope for file sharing to "My network (subnet) only". And
definitely, you tried out of the server's subnet, change it back manually.

There are a lot of bugs in SP2 in my experience. Try errors. Good luck.

--
Ray

MCSE+Internet, MCDBA, MCP

"Roman Tumaykin" <roman (at) tumaykin dot com> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi all,
>
> I have noticed that after sp2 installation I can't anymore see properties
> dialog for network shares. Every time I right click on the network share
> (\\server\share) and choose Properties - nothing happens and explorer
> suddenly starts acting slowly. When I log off a window pops up suggesting
> to terminate explorer.exe. When I roll back service pack 2 the network
> shares properties functionality is restored. I have firewall service
> turned on on the server as suggested in other posts to prevent network
> browsing from being a complete crawl but in this case it does not help.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas about solving this problem?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Roman

Actually the firewall service is running but the firewall itself is turned
off....

-- Roman
"Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> If you check the firewall set up after applying SP2, you will find the SP2
> change IP scope for file sharing to "My network (subnet) only". And
> definitely, you tried out of the server's subnet, change it back manually.
>
> There are a lot of bugs in SP2 in my experience. Try errors. Good luck.
>
> --
> Ray
>
> MCSE+Internet, MCDBA, MCP
>
> "Roman Tumaykin" <roman (at) tumaykin dot com> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have noticed that after sp2 installation I can't anymore see properties
>> dialog for network shares. Every time I right click on the network share
>> (\\server\share) and choose Properties - nothing happens and explorer
>> suddenly starts acting slowly. When I log off a window pops up suggesting
>> to terminate explorer.exe. When I roll back service pack 2 the network
>> shares properties functionality is restored. I have firewall service
>> turned on on the server as suggested in other posts to prevent network
>> browsing from being a complete crawl but in this case it does not help.
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas about solving this problem?
>>
>> Thanks a lot!
>>
>> Roman
>

And one more detail - the share is located on a file server with sp2. I am
trying to access this share from a server with sp2 installed and can't get
properties. When I try to access the share from a server w/o sp2 everything
works.


"Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> If you check the firewall set up after applying SP2, you will find the SP2
> change IP scope for file sharing to "My network (subnet) only". And
> definitely, you tried out of the server's subnet, change it back manually.
>
> There are a lot of bugs in SP2 in my experience. Try errors. Good luck.
>
> --
> Ray
>
> MCSE+Internet, MCDBA, MCP
>
> "Roman Tumaykin" <roman (at) tumaykin dot com> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have noticed that after sp2 installation I can't anymore see properties
>> dialog for network shares. Every time I right click on the network share
>> (\\server\share) and choose Properties - nothing happens and explorer
>> suddenly starts acting slowly. When I log off a window pops up suggesting
>> to terminate explorer.exe. When I roll back service pack 2 the network
>> shares properties functionality is restored. I have firewall service
>> turned on on the server as suggested in other posts to prevent network
>> browsing from being a complete crawl but in this case it does not help.
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas about solving this problem?
>>
>> Thanks a lot!
>>
>> Roman
>

Did you check the firewall settings on the file server with sp2? The IP
score for each port.

--
Ray

MCSE+Internet, MCDBA, MCP

"Roman Tumaykin" <roman (at) tumaykin dot com> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> And one more detail - the share is located on a file server with sp2. I am
> trying to access this share from a server with sp2 installed and can't get
> properties. When I try to access the share from a server w/o sp2
> everything works.
>
>
> "Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> If you check the firewall set up after applying SP2, you will find the
>> SP2 change IP scope for file sharing to "My network (subnet) only". And
>> definitely, you tried out of the server's subnet, change it back
>> manually.
>>
>> There are a lot of bugs in SP2 in my experience. Try errors. Good luck.
>>
>> --
>> Ray
>>
>> MCSE+Internet, MCDBA, MCP
>>
>> "Roman Tumaykin" <roman (at) tumaykin dot com> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have noticed that after sp2 installation I can't anymore see
>>> properties dialog for network shares. Every time I right click on the
>>> network share (\\server\share) and choose Properties - nothing happens
>>> and explorer suddenly starts acting slowly. When I log off a window pops
>>> up suggesting to terminate explorer.exe. When I roll back service pack 2
>>> the network shares properties functionality is restored. I have firewall
>>> service turned on on the server as suggested in other posts to prevent
>>> network browsing from being a complete crawl but in this case it does
>>> not help.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any ideas about solving this problem?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>
>>> Roman
>>
>

The firewall is off, but the exceptions for file sharing is set to any
scope.

Thanks

Roman
"Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Did you check the firewall settings on the file server with sp2? The IP
> score for each port.
>
> --
> Ray
>
> MCSE+Internet, MCDBA, MCP
>
> "Roman Tumaykin" <roman (at) tumaykin dot com> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> And one more detail - the share is located on a file server with sp2. I
>> am trying to access this share from a server with sp2 installed and can't
>> get properties. When I try to access the share from a server w/o sp2
>> everything works.
>>
>>
>> "Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> If you check the firewall set up after applying SP2, you will find the
>>> SP2 change IP scope for file sharing to "My network (subnet) only". And
>>> definitely, you tried out of the server's subnet, change it back
>>> manually.
>>>
>>> There are a lot of bugs in SP2 in my experience. Try errors. Good luck.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ray
>>>
>>> MCSE+Internet, MCDBA, MCP
>>>
>>> "Roman Tumaykin" <roman (at) tumaykin dot com> wrote in message
>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I have noticed that after sp2 installation I can't anymore see
>>>> properties dialog for network shares. Every time I right click on the
>>>> network share (\\server\share) and choose Properties - nothing happens
>>>> and explorer suddenly starts acting slowly. When I log off a window
>>>> pops up suggesting to terminate explorer.exe. When I roll back service
>>>> pack 2 the network shares properties functionality is restored. I have
>>>> firewall service turned on on the server as suggested in other posts to
>>>> prevent network browsing from being a complete crawl but in this case
>>>> it does not help.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have any ideas about solving this problem?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>>
>>>> Roman
>>>
>>
>

Turn it on, (maybe need to turn it off again), just try to make firewall
work again.

--
Ray

MCSE+Internet, MCDBA, MCP

"Roman Tumaykin" <roman (at) tumaykin dot com> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> The firewall is off, but the exceptions for file sharing is set to any
> scope.
>
> Thanks
>
> Roman
> "Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Did you check the firewall settings on the file server with sp2? The IP
>> score for each port.
>>
>> --
>> Ray
>>
>> MCSE+Internet, MCDBA, MCP
>>
>> "Roman Tumaykin" <roman (at) tumaykin dot com> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> And one more detail - the share is located on a file server with sp2. I
>>> am trying to access this share from a server with sp2 installed and
>>> can't get properties. When I try to access the share from a server w/o
>>> sp2 everything works.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> If you check the firewall set up after applying SP2, you will find the
>>>> SP2 change IP scope for file sharing to "My network (subnet) only". And
>>>> definitely, you tried out of the server's subnet, change it back
>>>> manually.
>>>>
>>>> There are a lot of bugs in SP2 in my experience. Try errors. Good luck.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Ray
>>>>
>>>> MCSE+Internet, MCDBA, MCP
>>>>
>>>> "Roman Tumaykin" <roman (at) tumaykin dot com> wrote in message
>>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have noticed that after sp2 installation I can't anymore see
>>>>> properties dialog for network shares. Every time I right click on the
>>>>> network share (\\server\share) and choose Properties - nothing happens
>>>>> and explorer suddenly starts acting slowly. When I log off a window
>>>>> pops up suggesting to terminate explorer.exe. When I roll back service
>>>>> pack 2 the network shares properties functionality is restored. I have
>>>>> firewall service turned on on the server as suggested in other posts
>>>>> to prevent network browsing from being a complete crawl but in this
>>>>> case it does not help.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone have any ideas about solving this problem?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>>>
>>>>> Roman
>>>>
>>>
>>
>