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Problem with Windows 2000 share

I have a Windows 2000 pro sp4 machine. I have several shares defined on it. I'm in a workgroup (this is just one of my local machines). I cannot access any of the shares (from either another windows 2000 sp4 or XP sp2). I can ping the computer by either name or IP. The shares are setup to allow everyone full permission. The share is on a drive partitioned with FAT32. I've tried it with both firewall (blackice) and anti-virus turned off (norton 2005). The computer does show up in network neighbor hood. I'm at a loss. Any ideas?

Thanks!

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Jay_Jay70

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teiwaz

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i have users defined on each machine, they all have the same user name and password.

I'm taking a look at the article.

teiwaz

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I'm pretty sure netbios is enabled. I can see the computer in network neighbourhood, but it denies me access if I try to access it.

I tried everything (or checked everything on the indicated page and no joy.

any other ideas?

Jay_Jay70

if you run

\\servername

do the shares show up?

teiwaz

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Nope, it times out. Says the share is not available or I don't have permission.

Are there any tools that might help me snoop the problem more, i.e. get more info about exactly what is going on?

Jay_Jay70

only thing i can think of is some kind of firewall isuue no security programs installed at all

teiwaz

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I do have black ice (firewall) and norton on all of my machines. Just like I had when it worked.

The funny thing is, in trying about 8 million things, it starts working. Settings are all as they were originally. sigh. So I suppose this is done for now.

Thanks for you assistance jay.

teiwaz

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I accepted the answer with the link to the networking site. It's a good site. However, I have no idea why mine didn't work and now does. I don't have a lot of confidence that it will continue to work, but I will see.

Teiwaz

Jay_Jay70

wow magic of windows ey

thankyou