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: i'm trying from a win98 SE to a win2k server on which i've : mapped a network drive to a share. in dos i get : "error 5. you do not currently have access to this file..." : what does this mean and how can i fix it? : thanks! : : : Have you read the intstructions at: : : http://www.rawlogic.com/netview/index.html : : Please make sure that you've configured your computer : : correctly as per the "Minimum Requirements". : : To determine if the problem is with NetBIOS configuration : or : : with NetView, try issuing a "net view" command at the DOS : : prompt. The syntax is: : : C:\> net view \\192.168.1.63 : : Replace the IP address with the remote computer you are : : attempting to scan. Here are the results I get for a : : computer on our network: : : Shared resources at \\192.168.1.63 : : Development : : Share name Type Used as Comment : : -------------------------------------------- : : shared Disk : : The command completed successfully. : : This command uses the same built-in Windows API's that : : Rawlogic's NetView uses. If this DOS command doesn't work : : for you, the problem is with your Network configuration. : : Please post any error messages that you receive, after : you've : : verified that you can successfully ping the remote : computer. : : In addition, please indicate which version of Windows each : : machine is running and give some details on how the two : : computers are networked. : : To ping a computer from the DOS prompt: : : C:\> ping 192.168.1.63 : : Pinging 192.168.1.63 with 32 bytes of data: : : Reply from 192.168.1.63: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128 : : Reply from 192.168.1.63: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128 : : Reply from 192.168.1.63: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128 : : Reply from 192.168.1.63: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128 : : : : You'll see "getting resources" whenever NetView finds a : : : : computer with file sharing enabled (NetBIOS port 139 is : : : : listening); however, if NetView doesn't find any shared : : : : resources, it doesn't display the computer in the : : results. : : : : To verify that this is the case, you can check : the "Show : : : : IPCs" check box. Any computer with file sharing : : (NetBIOS) : : : : enabled should have the hidden IPC resource. : : : Did that and it still shows nothing... I can assure you : : that at least some of these addresses are sharing : : : thigs (I have personally visited some of the machines to : : verify this). None of the users are smart enough : : : to : : : be running something else that would listen on 139. : : : Any other ideas? Are there things I can put in an ini : file : : and/or registry key to turn on some extra : : : debugging? : : : Bruce

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