XP Laptop can't see network share

[SimpleSi]

Got a strange one with a teacher laptop.

It doesn't seem to be able to see UNC shares e.g \\server1\classwork

If you try and browse the network it only sees itself in the list of machines

I got used to seeing this on Win98 machines but I've never encounted it on XP machines

It can ping the server OK and works fine on T'internet and prints to my Business Inket via TCP/IP 8O

I feel it must be something simple but its befuddled me so far

Help!

regards

Simon

[Geoff]

Is this a peer to peer network or a AD domain?

[SimpleSi]

Well the server is W2k3 but the machine is not joined to the domain - just used as a simple file server.

regards

Simon

[Geoff]

Presumably the machine is using DHCP to get it's network settings though? Can you verify the network settings are correct, especially the netmask and DNS server settings?

[SimpleSi]

net settings seem fine
netmask 255.255.255.0
DNS 10.81.62.4
DHCP 10.81.62.4

(Server IS 10.81.62.4 )

I've another identical laptop and the differences between them are

ipconfig /all on duff one is saying

Node Type Unknown

and

NetBIOS over Tcpip Disabled

but on good one
Node Type Hybrid
and no mention of NetBIOS over Tcpip

Tried changing to static and explicity enabling Tcpip in advanced but it made no diff

regards

Simon

[Geoff]

Try this KB article

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310570

[mattx]

Bit of a silly question but is the browser service running on this thing ? And simple file sharing is un-checked ?

[SimpleSi]

Just back from the machine

I used

netsh interface ip reset c:\ip.txt followed by reboot
which fixed it :

found via googling netbios over tcpip disabled

Thanks for the help Geoff - I just needed someone to push me in the right direction


regards

Simon

PS its an old SP1 machine so its probably got some spyware thingy in there - not enough RAM to update it

[richard.thomas]

Apparently this is a 'common' XP problem. On my XP Laptop if i try to use a UNC to get to a share on a server I get "host could not be found", however I could ping it.
I ended up making an entry in the hosts file so I could use the UNC!