re: You might not have permission to use this network resource
Thursday, June 29, 2006 at 6:47 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Eguchi
(1 messages posted)
Hey mike, your method (i.e. Change node type from peer-peer to mixed) really works
wonder for me. Now in my office, My laptop can see other colleagues PCs in my workgroup
and access their resouce. Thanks alot!!!
On Thursday, March 30, 2006 at 5:32 pm, Mike wrote:
>I've tried all the above fixes and none of them work. Then I stumbled upon my eventual
>fix.
>
>Like everyone else, i was getting the "workgroup" not available. blah blah blah
blah
>etc. message.
>
>I noticed that when i ran ipconfig /all it was showing my Node Type as peer-peer,
>where on all my WORKING computers it was showing "mixed"
>
>I changed the Node Type on the non working computer to Mixed, rebooted, and WHAM.
>worked like a charm.
>
>Here's how to change node type to mixed.
>
>run regedit.
>go here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters
>
>when you click on parameters you should have "DHCP Node Type" or just "Node Type"
>(I had DHCP Node Type)
>
>Change the value to 4 (mixed type).
>
>Mine was 2 (Peer-Peer) on the non working machine, 4 on all my working machines.
>
>others possible values include 1 (Broadcast) which is what Windows tries first when
>in mixed type and 8 (Hybrid)
>
>More info here: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=160177
>
>Hope this helps...
>
>-Mike
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