Win 7 PC will not allow other PC to read/write and others PC not seen

[Fenshome]

I have 3 Win7 PC in the same home group, 2 of them are able to see the problem PC, but not able to read/Write to it. While the problem PC can't see the other two PC's. Can Ping other 2 PC's from problem PC, has discovery, shared, public turned on and P/word off.

IPconfig of problem PC provided below:


Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Kim-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : iiNet

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : iiNet
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E
Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-7D-C7-8F-26
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c85c:1583:6624:f24a%10(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.1.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, 1 April 2013 9:22:44 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, 3 April 2013 9:22:44 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 234890369
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-18-36-58-E3-00-23-7D-C7-8F-26

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{2603F447-53A7-4FAE-B177-EEFC4C4408D1}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

All folders are shared, and permissions = everyone

any suggestions.

 

[2xg]

Hello there,

From the problematic PC, can you please try this?

Click on Start, in Search and Programs Files box type \\IPAddress\SharedFolderName (for ex. \\10.1.1.3\TimFolder) then press enter, see if you're able to access the other computer.
You'll have to do an iponfig or ipconfig/all to obtain the IP Address of the other computer that you're trying to access.

 

[Fenshome]

2xg

No success with \\10.1.1.4\c: or \\HP_Dell\c: which are the appropriate machine addresses.

But now the PC name shows up in File Manager, but no access to it through File Manager.

 

[2xg]

Let's undo your file sharing if you don't mind, give the C drive a full permission access and just call it C for now. See attached image, then try my suggestion again: \\10.1.1.4\C no colonneeded.

 

[Fenshome]

2xg

was already set up that way. works ok from good to bad PC, but not bad to good PC -no visiblity

 

[2xg]

Colon removed?

\\10.1.1.4\c: or \\HP_Dell\c:

Can you please post an ipconfig /all output of the PC the other PC?

Have you tried disabling the Firewall temporarily?

Also, make sure that from the troublesome computer verify that all your network services are Started from Control Panel=> Admin Tools=> Services:
• COM+ Event System (for WZC issues)
• Computer Browser
• DHCP Client
• DNS Client
• Network Connections
• Network Location Awareness
• Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
• Server
• TCP/IP Netbios helper
• Workstation

 

[Fenshome]

Colon was removed in test as suggested.

Both IPconfig's are attached - bad PC first and good PC second in Word file.

Firewall was disabled

all services were running

Can't see anything of the network from bad PC, but good PC in the network can see all file in the bad PC, even upload and download files from the bad PC.

 

[2xg]

Just to confirm, are you able to ping bad PC to good PC, good PC to bad PC? What type of AV or Security Software are you running on all your 3 PCs?

 

[Fenshome]

yep ping in both directions

all PC use MS Security Essentials

 

[Fenshome]

PS

Are there any Registry entries that should be looked at?

 

[2xg]

Can you please create identical User Names and Passwords on all your PCs? Also, I have to retire for tonight, we'll continue tomorrow okay? I'm sure someone will chime in to help out.

 

[Fenshome]

OK all the same now and all PC names show up in problematic PC, but no access to them and visa versa.

Sleep well speak tomorrow

 

[chev65]

The problems I see with Homegroups is that certain files build up under peer networking and they need to be deleted, these extra files will make certain machines vanish from the Homegroup or become inaccessible. The other symptoms are that you can't leave or join a Homegroup, this tends to occur most often with wireless machines.

You should be setting up the shares from the C:>Users folder rather than the C: drive. This is the default setting and it's safer than sharing the entire C: drive.

If there is any type of third party anti virus software installed then it will need to be configured to work with Homegroups or removed from the system using the special uninstall tool.

If it's the peer networking problem just go to the location listed in the picture and delete the files below the black line. It might be required to delete all the files in the peer networking folder but deleting the ones below the line seems to work for me. It will probably show more files to delete than in my picture.

Many other Homegroup problems can be fixed by going through the guide in the link.

Ultimate Troubleshooting Guide for Windows 7 HomeGroup Connection Issues - Help Desk Geek

 

[Fenshome]

All home-group entities are correct in all PC's as in above. All PC's can now see each other as far as there allocated names. But the problematic PC even thought it can now see all other PC's can't access any of the the other PC's in the network even though all Folders and Drives are shared and have permission set to everyone and allowed. The other PC's can access each other, but not the problematic PC.

 

[2xg]

Can you please install and run Secunia PSI, this will detect all the programs that you have installed, outdated and updated. I wonder if you have any outdated AV or Security Software, we'll find out when you install Secunia.

If you have more than one AV installed in the bad PC, uninstall the rest and leave one.

 

[Fenshome]

Everything is up-to-date and only MS Security Essentials running

 

[Fenshome]

can we continue in a weeks time as I'm away

 

[2xg]

No worries....when you come back, please do the following and it won't hurt to run sfc/scannow and chkdsk.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

The How-To Geek Guide to Using Check Disk in Windows 7 or Vista

 

[Fenshome]

Found that after changing all homegroup names on all pcs I could get access.
Thanks for help

 

[2xg]

Thanks for letting us know, glad to hear that all is sorted.