Cannot see shared folders on my domain network

I am having a hard time viewing my shared drives/folders on our Vista
Business machine on our corporate network. We are running an internal domain
with Windows Server 2003. Interesting to point out, I also cannot remote
desktop to that vista machine across our VPN. Anyone have any thoughts. I
have tried resetting the Vista firewall, ensuring adequate permissions, etc.


Thanks,


Brian

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:45:00 -0800, Brian T <BrianT@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>I am having a hard time viewing my shared drives/folders on our Vista
>Business machine on our corporate network. We are running an internal domain
>with Windows Server 2003. Interesting to point out, I also cannot remote
>desktop to that vista machine across our VPN. Anyone have any thoughts. I
>have tried resetting the Vista firewall, ensuring adequate permissions, etc.

Brian,

Your problem is symptomatic of a NetBT inconsistency, or a personal firewall
problem. What antivirus product do you use on the problem computer? On the
network in general? What operating system is on the other computers?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/0...ing-using.html

Computers running Windows Vista can be a challenge on networks with older
operating systems. Know what the challenges are.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/1...-together.html

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.

Chuck,

I have no over anti-virus/firewall currently installed. I did have Windows
LiveOne installed about a month ago. Then I uninstalled it, have had
problems ever since. I have tried to run the LiveOneCare clean up utility,
that has not affected anything. The other machines in our Domain are Windows
XP Pro SP2, and our Server is Windows 2003 with active diretory running, and
VPN.

I find it interesting that I can remote desktop to the Vista machine, only
when I can locally at that office, but when I am connected remotely across
the VPN, I cannot remote desktop to it. Don't know if that tells you
something. I am wondering if haivng OneCare installed messed with the
firewall settings.

Thanks,

Brian

"Chuck [MVP]" wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:45:00 -0800, Brian T <BrianT@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>

>
> Brian,
>
> Your problem is symptomatic of a NetBT inconsistency, or a personal firewall
> problem. What antivirus product do you use on the problem computer? On the
> network in general? What operating system is on the other computers?
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/0...ing-using.html
>
> Computers running Windows Vista can be a challenge on networks with older
> operating systems. Know what the challenges are.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/1...-together.html
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck mvps org.
>

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:21:01 -0800, Brian T <BrianT@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>"Chuck [MVP]" wrote:
>

>Chuck,
>
>I have no over anti-virus/firewall currently installed. I did have Windows
>LiveOne installed about a month ago. Then I uninstalled it, have had
>problems ever since. I have tried to run the LiveOneCare clean up utility,
>that has not affected anything. The other machines in our Domain are Windows
>XP Pro SP2, and our Server is Windows 2003 with active diretory running, and
>VPN.
>
>I find it interesting that I can remote desktop to the Vista machine, only
>when I can locally at that office, but when I am connected remotely across
>the VPN, I cannot remote desktop to it. Don't know if that tells you
>something. I am wondering if haivng OneCare installed messed with the
>firewall settings.

Brian,

When you say "... when I am connected remotely across the VPN, I cannot remote
desktop to it.", what error or problem are you observing?
1) Cannot browse ("see" in Network)?
2) Get "name not found" aka "error 53"?
3) Get "access denied" aka "error 5"?
Using a VPN isn't the same as connecting locally, though you would like it to
be. And the nature of the exact symptom will be relevant.

There are known problems with OneCare (aka "Wanker") and Windows Vista.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html#Security>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/1....html#Security

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.