Unable to connect to workgroup

I am logged in as the admin and am getting a message that I don't have rights
to connect to the workgroup.
I can ping the other machine and have internet access.

What simple thing am I missing?

Not a Media Center related question, repost to a more appropriate group such
as the networking group of what ever version of Windows your using.

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"Bill Cunningham" <> wrote in
message news:19A43BE1-B672-4B15-B252-...
>I am logged in as the admin and am getting a message that I don't have
>rights
> to connect to the workgroup.
> I can ping the other machine and have internet access.
>
> What simple thing am I missing?

We are using Windpows Media Center Edition

"David B." wrote:

> Not a Media Center related question, repost to a more appropriate group such
> as the networking group of what ever version of Windows your using.
>
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> "Bill Cunningham" <> wrote in
> message news:19A43BE1-B672-4B15-B252-...
> >I am logged in as the admin and am getting a message that I don't have
> >rights
> > to connect to the workgroup.
> > I can ping the other machine and have internet access.
> >
> > What simple thing am I missing?
>
>

On 9/17/09, the entity Bill Cunningham wrote this:
> We are using Windpows Media Center Edition

But the question is about networking, not about recording TV.

> "David B." wrote:

>> Not a Media Center related question, repost to a more appropriate group such
>> as the networking group of what ever version of Windows your using.
>>
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>>
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>> "Bill Cunningham" <> wrote in
>> message news:19A43BE1-B672-4B15-B252-...
>>> I am logged in as the admin and am getting a message that I don't have
>>> rights
>>> to connect to the workgroup.
>>> I can ping the other machine and have internet access.
>>>
>>> What simple thing am I missing?
>>
>>

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Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com

Thanks, I'll post elsewhere.

"Gene E. Bloch" wrote:

> On 9/17/09, the entity Bill Cunningham wrote this:
> > We are using Windpows Media Center Edition
>
> But the question is about networking, not about recording TV.
>
> > "David B." wrote:
>
> >> Not a Media Center related question, repost to a more appropriate group such
> >> as the networking group of what ever version of Windows your using.
> >>
> >> --
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> >> ------
> >> "Bill Cunningham" <> wrote in
> >> message news:19A43BE1-B672-4B15-B252-...
> >>> I am logged in as the admin and am getting a message that I don't have
> >>> rights
> >>> to connect to the workgroup.
> >>> I can ping the other machine and have internet access.
> >>>
> >>> What simple thing am I missing?
> >>
> >>
>
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> Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com
>
>
>

are these machines always powered on? can you connect using the IP
address when in this condition?

On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:39:00 -0700 (PDT), Douglas Tatelman
<> wrote:

>If you get an answer, please come back and tell us.
>
>I have two Media Center PCs on my home peer network of 8-10
>computers.
>
>This maladay comes and goes annoyingly. Currently one of them is in a
>snit about not being allowed access to its peers.
>
>Good Luck.
Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.digitalmediaphile.com
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx

Well, please post after the Comcast conversion (not sure what you
are converting from/to).

A temporary solution is to static IPs for the machines/devices and
entries in hosts files..

Need more info to really be of more help, as you know..

On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:16:26 -0700 (PDT), Douglas Tatelman
<> wrote:

>Hi Barb,
>
>Thanks for the question.
>
>This time I can't even ping from the bad machine.
>
>I've been over and over the list of services trying to make sure they
>match the ones that work.
>
>In the old days, I just had to make sure the browser service was
>running.
>
>At the moment, this is not on my A list, the Comcast conversion
>Tuesday is.
>
>One more thing.... I've noticed at different client sites I go to,
>when they reach a certain number of employees, they have to have a
>full time PC support person.
>
>I think my family has reached that critical mass. With teenagers, a
>proliferation of laptops, netbooks, media centers. Everyday when I
>come home there is something to work on. A virus, a flaky network
>printer, a switch that needs rebooting. I don't know how civilians do
>it.
Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.digitalmediaphile.com
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx