Trouble accessing other computers on the same network

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:24:02 -0700, Megawatt
<Megawatt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have a small local area network at my office. Everything is set up on a 12
>port switch with ethernet cable. We have a new laptop that has Vista. It says
>it is connected to the network and when you view the full map you can see the
>other computers on the network but it will not let you open them! If you
>click on (Right or Left click) it does absolutely nothing! When I try to
>access that computer from the other computers on the network (you can see it
>there) it says the network path is not found. I have disabled the firewall
>on the local area connection on all these computers and have installed the
>LLTP responder on all the XP computers, still can't get it to work! It
>connects to the shared internet connection but that is all. Thanks for any
>suggestions you can give me!

The "Network path not found" error is generally a NetBT setting problem, or a
misconfigured or overlooked personal firewall.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/0...ing-using.html

But since we are mentioning Windows Vista, be aware of the various Vista issues
too.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/1...-together.html

And additional possible reasons for the "Network path not found" error.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/mysterious-error-53-aka-name-not-found.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...not-found.html

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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.
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actual address pchuck mvps org.