Can't access people on network

[Covarr]

I can't access shared files and printers in the network in my dorm at school. It's weird, because I can get to their shared music in iTunes just fine, and I have no trouble getting on the internet, but I can't seem to access anything through "My Network Places". Any suggestions?

 

[Ididmyc600]

I can't access shared files and printers in the network in my dorm at school. It's weird, because I can get to their shared music in iTunes just fine, and I have no trouble getting on the internet, but I can't seem to access anything through "My Network Places". Any suggestions?

Hi

More information is needed, which OS, is there a firewall, do you have an IT dept that control data access, are the shares set, do you have access rights.?

Regards

 

[Covarr]

XP Pro, I'm using Windows Firewall, and most of the rest of my dorm can access each others shared files just fine, so the issue is probably a bad setting on my computer, rather than something weird on the network.

I have to use a program called "Cisco Clean Access Agent" to get on the internet, but all that does is blocks me off if I don't have updated virus protection (I use AVG and Symantec, though everyone in the hall uses Symantec, so I don't think the problem's there).

 

[N3051M]

Check that you're in the same workgroup name..

are you using two antivirus scanners? you should at least disable one or uninstall one so they won't conflict..

 

[Covarr]

Yeah, I disabled one of them.

I found somewhere else that said to type "nbtstat -R" in the command prompt, and it worked. Thanks for tryin' though.

 

[DelJo63]

I found somewhere else that said to type "nbtstat -R" in the command prompt, and it worked. Thanks for tryin' though.

the more general process is netstat, use /h to get the parms