[Samba] Need Help Getting Windows XP To Use Samba Properly

[Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC 520 SMXS/MXDEC]

John, thanks for the response.

Yes, machine names are standard text, no special characters with the
exception of the Samba box, which has an underscore in the name.

If the workstation is Win2K, everything works great, including browsing.
XP, however, has the browsing problem ("The specified network is no
longer available").  And this is with a fresh install of XP.

Bob

  

-----Original Message-----
From: John Drescher [mailto:drescherjm at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 8:12 PM
To: Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC 520 SMXS/MXDEC
Cc: Chris Smith; samba at lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: [Samba] Need Help Getting Windows XP To Use Samba Properly

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Hodges, Robert CTR USAF AFMC 520
SMXS/MXDEC <robert.hodges.ctr at hill.af.mil> wrote:
> Excellent information, thank you.
>
> Unfortunately, none of it solved my problem.
>

Do you have a valid NETBIOS domain or workstation name? I mean less
than 16 characters and absolutely no . in the name.

John