One of my windows XP PCs cannot be accessed from any other PC in the network.The network is configured by using Workgroup. If I access PC by using pcname from Run such as \\pcname\
, an error comes like Network path not found
. If I try the same with the PC I have a problem with then the location opens. (I mean opening \\PC123\
in PC123 itself) . But from another PC it does not work.
I have already tried troubleshooting it.
1. I have tried disabling firewall, antivirus, etc.
2. I have also checked accessing from different OSs PC. But nothing works.
3. I have checked Workgroup and the Workgroup name is proper.
4. I tried running nbtstat -a PC123
and it worked properly and output was:
Local Area Connection 2:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.132] Scope Id: []
NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table
Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
PC123 <00> UNIQUE Registered
CA <00> GROUP Registered
PC123 <20> UNIQUE Registered
CA <1E> GROUP Registered
MAC Address = E0-69-95-35-FC-30
5. I tried net use * \\PC123\d
where d is sharename. I got the following error:
System error 53 has occurred.
The network path was not found.
6. I tried a simple ping command like ping pc123
and the ping command was successful.
7. I have checked the Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP setting and the checkbox is checked.
8. I tried enabling the guest account, but I am getting the same error after enabling it also.
9. I tried running \\<IP address of PC123>\
and it does not work and I get the following error message: The network path was not found.
10.But we can access the PC using windows remote desktop(RDP)
After trying all this, the error was not solved, so please help me on this.