1 PC in a 4-PC-Workgroup-Network CAN NOT be accessed by other computers on the network, but it can access all.

Question

i have a network with 4 pc in it. everything is corrct but only 1 pc cannot be accessed:"//sys2 is not accessible. please contact your administrator.... " this pc (sys2) can access all other 3 PCs with no problem! 1 pc in the network (not sys2) uses xp sp1, all others use xp sp2. what can i do? i also tried changing IP address to my own numbers and also "auto IP detect".

Answer 1

I presume that if your computers are in a 'Workgroup' you are using XP pro. Check to make sure that you can access 'sys2' using the UNC admin facility:

Click Start>Run>type \\sys2\c$ (this can only be done on XP Pro.

If you can connect then you have an issue with your file sharing. If you cannot connect and you are running XP Pro on 'sys2' then you need to look at your internal firewall settings. If you use Norton or similar, try disabling it and try to connect using the C$ procedure above.

If you are still having issues, try opening a command prompt from another pc on the same network and ping sys2:

type: ping sys2

If you receive all packets back then its got to be a sharing/firewall issue.

If no success post back.

Good luck

EDIT: Also a good thing to do is to disable 'Simple File Sharing', to do this:

Open My Computer>Tools>Folder Options>View>Remove the tick out of 'Use Simple File Sharing'

Doing the above can stop issues with sharing files across the network.

EDIT 2: Try not to go down the route of running the Network Setup/Sharing Wizard, sadly when you do this it makes many unwanted/un-needed and probably less secure options on your system!! Do a search to verify.

Answer 2

guessing you have tried this but have you enabled sys2 with file sharing? does sys2 have the same workgroup name as the others?

Answer 3

check your firewall settings on //sys2. be sure to allow the computers on your network access to you the system.

Answer 4

Hey u need to run Network Setup wizard to start the network sharing in your system.(run the wizard setup home and small office network)