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(network) is not available. You might not have permission to use this network resource....

I have a windows 2003 server which is a domain controller. I have several XP Pro systems that are members of the domain. The XP Pro systems map shared drives on the server and everything works great except - None of these systems can 'see' what is on the network. If I run Windows Explorer / My Network Places / Entire Network / Microsoft Windows Network then I can see my domain name listed (Demo). When I click on Demo I expect to see the list of systems in this network, but instead I get the error

Demo is not accessible. You might not have permissions to use this network resource. Contact the administrators of this server to find out if you have access
permissions. The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available.

This happens if I am logged on to the server as the server Administrator, if I am logged on to the server as a user in the adminstrators and domain admins group or log on to one of the XP Pro desktop machines as a domain user.

A similar problem happens when I use Windows Explorer to map a network drive and attempt to browse the network for a share. The Browse for Folder window shows the name of the domain (Demo), but does not show any servers in the domain and does not show any shares. However I can setup a share by giving the \\server\share name.

Why can't I see what's in my network ?

This is killing me, so any / all help is much appreciated

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Tezdread

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tmireles

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Rockjodo

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Tezdread:
XP machines are in AD, PC's can all ping each other, nslookup resolves names in the forward direction, but reverse lookup has not been implemented.

But the problem is present even when a user (administrator or other) logged on to the serve tries to browse the network

tmirelses:
Not sure what you mean by search for a computer on the domain. They are listed as computers in active directory.

tmireles

Missed that part. Sorry.

Tezdread

are there any error events after you try to browse the network?

avpwest

2 questions
Is the browser service running on the server?
Are the any errors in the event log of the server?

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Stephen Croft

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Stephen Croft

sorry for widening the question page :(

bradje

I had the same problem after installing SP2 on XP.
Had to disable the firewall, as djxtreme mentions above...(start/accessories/system tools/security centre)

Everyting worked fine then.

JB

Rockjodo

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Found the problem. The computer browser service on the domain controller was shut down.

Thanks to everyone for their help.

avpwest

Interesting, that's what I told you. No points though ;-(

Rockjodo

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Sorry - I was overwhelmed by the number of responses and missed your note about the browser service.

mdaglow1

you might not have permission to use this network resource -- can someone walk me through what to check in this computer to make sure it is set up properly?