Networking peer to peer XP Pro to W2K AS

[atlantisburn]

Networking peer to peer XP Pro to W2K Advanced Server. I had sharing capabilities but now they are gone. I want under c: drive and disabled share for what I though to be more secure. I hit enable and now I cannot connect. Both computers show network names but on XP I get "path cannot be found". How to solve this.

 

[bcastner]

MS-MVP Hans-Georg Michna explains:

Network path not found
This error message can occur if computers other than Windows 2000, XP, or later, are in the network, if there is no local DNS server, and if NetBIOS over IP is disabled. This constellation can cause the error message: Network path not found. It can also lead to the function "Show workgroup computers" not showing all (or any) computers.

To enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP, which you need to find pre-Windows-2000 (i.e. Windows 9x, ME, or NT) computers on the network, in Windows Explorer or on the desktop or in the start menu right-click on My Network Places, select Properties, select your network connection, right-click again and select Properties. Highlight the TCP/IP protocol and click on the Properties button, click on the Advanced button, then the WINS tab to get to the NetBIOS setting option. Select "Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP" and wait a few minutes to let the machine rescan the network. You can also try the standard setting, which should normally suffice.

This issue may also occur if the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service is not running on the client computer. To start this Service, go to Control Panel, Administration, Services, and double-click the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service.

Another related and surprisingly frequent problem is the setting of an unsuitable node type for Windows networks (which use NetBIOS). First check your node type by opening a command line window and typing the command

ipconfig /all

This command reports the node type, among other information. It should be Hybrid or Unknown, but not Point-to-Point (p-node, actually a mistaken interpretation of Peer-to-Peer), because that would work only when a WINS server is present.

If the node type is P, you can use regedit.exe to go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\System
\CurrentControlSet
\Services
\Netbt
\Parameters

and delete any of the two values NodeType and DhcpNodeType if they exist, forcing Windows to fall back to its default node type, which should be Hybrid. Reboot.

More details can be found in the article "Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients" at

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/160177/

http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm#Network_path_is_not_found

 

[bcastner]

Also, it is usefull to make your WORKGROUP name the same as the DOMAIN name of the Advanced Server. Not critical, but it does help.

 

[linney]

Are you talking about the hidden share of your C: drive?

How to create and delete hidden or administrative shares on client computers

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314984/en-us?FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH