Guest T. Duprex Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 I have a network of three computers, two running windowsxp and one running windows98. Networking between all three is okay except for one of the XPs. This XP,\\ACER_PENT, can see every other computer's shares and read them. However when I attempt to access the shares of the \\ACER_PENT from either of the other two computers I get a message that \\ACER-PENT <filename> is not accessible. The shares show up on My Network Places, but when I attempt to access I get the not accessible message. What could the problem be on \\ACER_PENT? TIA
Guest John John (MVP) Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Re: Network Share Unaccessible Try here: http://www.chicagotech.net/accesserrors.htm John T. Duprex wrote: > I have a network of three computers, two running windowsxp and one running > windows98. Networking between all three is okay except for one of the XPs. > This XP,\\ACER_PENT, can see every other computer's shares and read them. > However when I attempt to access the shares of the \\ACER_PENT from either > of the other two computers I get a message that \\ACER-PENT <filename> is > not accessible. The shares show up on My Network Places, but when I attempt > to access I get the not accessible message. > > What could the problem be on \\ACER_PENT? > > TIA
Guest Malke Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Re: Network Share Unaccessible "T. Duprex" <tduprexATlandmark.net> wrote: > I have a network of three computers, two running windowsxp and one running > windows98. Networking between all three is okay except for one of the XPs. > This XP,\\ACER_PENT, can see every other computer's shares and read them. > However when I attempt to access the shares of the \\ACER_PENT from either > of the other two computers I get a message that \\ACER-PENT <filename> is > not accessible. The shares show up on My Network Places, but when I > attempt to access I get the not accessible message. > > What could the problem be on \\ACER_PENT? Probably either a firewall or username issue. See below. Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused by 1) a misconfigured firewall or overlooked firewall (including a stateful firewall in a VPN); or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls such as the built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3) not having identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines; 4) trying to create shares where the operating system does not permit it. A. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network (LAN) traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing File/Printer Sharing on the Exceptions tab. Normally running the Network Setup Wizard on XP will take care of this for those machines.The only "gotcha" is that this will turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party firewall or have an antivirus with "Internet Worm Protection" (like Norton 2006/07) which acts as a firewall, then you're fine. With third-party firewalls, I usually configure the LAN allowance with an IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your correct subnet. Do not run more than one firewall. DO NOT TURN OFF FIREWALLS; CONFIGURE THEM CORRECTLY. B. For ease of organization, put all computers in the same Workgroup. This is done from the System applet in Control Panel, Computer Name tab. C. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista: Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm D. If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab). E. Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users' home directories or Program Files, but you can share folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the Shared Documents folder. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest T. Duprex Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Re: Network Share Unaccessible "T. Duprex" <tduprexATlandmark.net> wrote in news:Xns9AF25F72C5429pinger@207.46.248.16: I have resolved the problem. Did a search in Goggle Groups and eventually found that the problem can be caused by IRPSTackSize being non-existent or too small. In my case it didn't exist. I initially tried a decimal value of 15, which didn't work. I then increased it to 30 and had success. HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters\IRPStackSize As a final note it was the second half of the error message that said that the server may not have enough capacity that really was the clue. Search Goggle groups for IRPStackSize and there are a bunch of messages to give you more detailed information.
Guest John John (MVP) Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Re: Network Share Unaccessible Now is a fine time to give us all of the error message. If you had mentioned the "Not enough server storage is available..." part of the message you would have gotten a fix in no time flat from the respondents here. John T. Duprex wrote: > "T. Duprex" <tduprexATlandmark.net> wrote in > news:Xns9AF25F72C5429pinger@207.46.248.16: > > I have resolved the problem. > > Did a search in Goggle Groups and eventually found that the problem can be > caused by IRPSTackSize being non-existent or too small. In my case it > didn't exist. I initially tried a decimal value of 15, which didn't work. I > then increased it to 30 and had success. > > HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters\IRPStackSize > > As a final note it was the second half of the error message that said that > the server may not have enough capacity that really was the clue. > Search Goggle groups for IRPStackSize and there are a bunch of messages to > give you more detailed information. > > >
Guest Malke Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Re: Network Share Unaccessible "T. Duprex" <tduprexATlandmark.net> wrote: > "T. Duprex" <tduprexATlandmark.net> wrote in > news:Xns9AF25F72C5429pinger@207.46.248.16: > > I have resolved the problem. > > Did a search in Goggle Groups and eventually found that the problem can be > caused by IRPSTackSize being non-existent or too small. In my case it > didn't exist. I initially tried a decimal value of 15, which didn't work. > I then increased it to 30 and had success. > > HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters\IRPStackSize > > As a final note it was the second half of the error message that said that > the server may not have enough capacity that really was the clue. > Search Goggle groups for IRPStackSize and there are a bunch of messages to > give you more detailed information. Yes Sunshine, but you DIDN'T EVER TELL US THAT PART OF THE ERROR MESSAGE. The answer to which WE ALL KNEW and would have given you if you had INCLUDED THE EXACT TEXT OF THE ERROR MESSAGE IN YOUR FIRST POST. Next time before you post: How to Post: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.htm - How Not to Get Technical Help on Usenet http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest T. Duprex Posted August 7, 2008 Posted August 7, 2008 Re: Network Share Unaccessible Pardon me, MVPs. I didn't realize you guys were that good.
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 7, 2008 Posted August 7, 2008 Re: Network Share Unaccessible LOL! What *do* you expect from people who spend sometimes hours per day, nearly every day, for years, researching solutions to Windows problems. Incompetence? Generalized questions get generalized answers, usually very long ones, usually loaded with lists of possibilities and their associated suggested resolutions. Specific errors, when you provide them in their entirety and verbatim, frequently lead to immediate, precise answers. Guess which one takes a LOT more work. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "T. Duprex" <tduprexATlandmark.net> wrote in message news:Xns9AF2F01DEFEB3pinger@207.46.248.16... > Pardon me, MVPs. I didn't realize you guys were that good. >
Guest T. Duprex Posted August 7, 2008 Posted August 7, 2008 Re: Network Share Unaccessible Gary: Understood. No excuse for my not so detailed request. I guess being called "Sunshine" annooyed me a litte. Over the years you guys have helped me a lot. Thanks for being there. >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 7, 2008 Posted August 7, 2008 Re: Network Share Unaccessible It was intended to, I'm sure, <g>. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "T. Duprex" <tduprexATlandmark.net> wrote in message news:Xns9AF33CAB49EApinger@207.46.248.16... > Gary: > > Understood. No excuse for my not so detailed request. I guess being called > "Sunshine" annooyed me a litte. > > Over the years you guys have helped me a lot. Thanks for being there. >> >
Guest T. Duprex Posted August 7, 2008 Posted August 7, 2008 Re: Network Share Unaccessible "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in news:uG0#RhG#IHA.1228 @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl: > It was intended to, I'm sure, <g>. Would you call it a flame message? >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 7, 2008 Posted August 7, 2008 Re: Network Share Unaccessible You mean the "Sunshine" part? Not at all. That was just a little dig brought on by major frustration. I'm sure that if Malke had intended to flame you, you'd be off somewhere, crying uncontrollably--still. But I don't recall Malke being that kind of person. If you want an example of flame posts, just search Google Groups for posts by me. Just in the last 24 hours, I've posted scads of them in the Vista.General group. Of course, it's not fair, what I do, since my targets are all ignorant non-Linux using trolls. (They claim to use Linux, but they simply aren't smart enough. Their real goal is to sink Linux forever with bad press.) I suppose it's totally not PC to make fun of the ignorant. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "T. Duprex" <tduprexATlandmark.net> wrote in message news:Xns9AF36C081AB29pinger@207.46.248.16... > "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in news:uG0#RhG#IHA.1228 > @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl: > >> It was intended to, I'm sure, <g>. > > Would you call it a flame message? >> >
Guest T. Duprex Posted August 7, 2008 Posted August 7, 2008 Re: Network Share Unaccessible "John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in news:OrGZ8vA#IHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl: Okay: My bad. However John John, I have a question. What might be the cause of IRPStackSize being deleted in the first place? I know that I read shares from this XP machine last December with no problem. Nothing major that comes to mind that has happened. The only event was that a day or so before I loaded SR3 and that went off without incident. I noticed that Microsoft subsequently loaded several fixes, presumably for security issues. TIA > Now is a fine time to give us all of the error message. If you had > mentioned the "Not enough server storage is available..." part of the > message you would have gotten a fix in no time flat from the > respondents here. > > John > > T. Duprex wrote: >> "T. Duprex" <tduprexATlandmark.net> wrote in >> news:Xns9AF25F72C5429pinger@207.46.248.16: >> >> I have resolved the problem. >> >> Did a search in Goggle Groups and eventually found that the problem >> can be caused by IRPSTackSize being non-existent or too small. In my >> case it didn't exist. I initially tried a decimal value of 15, which >> didn't work. I then increased it to 30 and had success. >> >> HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters\IRPStac >> kSize >> >> As a final note it was the second half of the error message that said >> that the server may not have enough capacity that really was the >> clue. Search Goggle groups for IRPStackSize and there are a bunch of >> messages to give you more detailed information. >> >> >>
Guest John John (MVP) Posted August 7, 2008 Posted August 7, 2008 Re: Network Share Unaccessible I don't know, look in your Event Log to see if anything is recorded around the time the problem started. I know that Symantec AV software can cause problems with this but I don't know an exact cause. See if the information here can shed some light on the problem: Not enough server storage http://winhlp.com/node/40 http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu9sBRJtIlqIAYeWl87UF?p=IRPStackSize+site%3Aeventid.net&ei=UTF-8&iscqry=&fr=sfp John T. Duprex wrote: > "John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in > news:OrGZ8vA#IHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl: > > Okay: My bad. > > However John John, I have a question. > > What might be the cause of IRPStackSize being deleted in the first place? > I know that I read shares from this XP machine last December with no > problem. Nothing major that comes to mind that has happened. The only > event was that a day or so before I loaded SR3 and that went off without > incident. I noticed that Microsoft subsequently loaded several fixes, > presumably for security issues. > > TIA > > > > >>Now is a fine time to give us all of the error message. If you had >>mentioned the "Not enough server storage is available..." part of the >>message you would have gotten a fix in no time flat from the >>respondents here. >> >>John >> >>T. Duprex wrote: >> >>>"T. Duprex" <tduprexATlandmark.net> wrote in >>>news:Xns9AF25F72C5429pinger@207.46.248.16: >>> >>>I have resolved the problem. >>> >>>Did a search in Goggle Groups and eventually found that the problem >>>can be caused by IRPSTackSize being non-existent or too small. In my >>>case it didn't exist. I initially tried a decimal value of 15, which >>>didn't work. I then increased it to 30 and had success. >>> >>>HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters\IRPStac >>>kSize >>> >>>As a final note it was the second half of the error message that said >>>that the server may not have enough capacity that really was the >>>clue. Search Goggle groups for IRPStackSize and there are a bunch of >>>messages to give you more detailed information. >>> >>> >>> > >
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