"not responding" error when right clicking shared folder and netwo

Hello all. I am new to this forum and am hoping someone here can help me. I
just bought a M1710 XPS Dell with Vista Ultimate on it. I have an existing
network that has XP and 98SE on it. Everything (but the Vista cpu of course)
is networked through a Netgear router. I would like to connect the Vista to
the network so I can share files and I would also like to be able to print
with the networked printer. Here is my first problem. I have enabled
discovery, sharing, etc under the Network and Sharing options. I can see my
XP cpu but not the 98SE when i go to the My Network Places Add New Network
location setup. However, I can't connect to the XP at all or choose a folder
on the XP through the setup wizard. Also, I can see the vista cpu when
adding a new network location on XP, but can't see my "shared folder" I
created on the vista.
My first big problem is when I create a folder on the Vista and right click
on it and go to properties or sharing and then the sharing tab, the window
stops responding and I have to use task mgr to close it. Sometimes it hangs
for awhile and then looks like it is shared...but isn't. And sometimes I
receive a COM Surrogate error. I have disable most of my startup progs in in
msconfig on the Vista...however, none of them seem to have antying to do with
networking. All of my services are enabled.
Can anyone help? I have downloaded all available Vista updates and have
followed alll of the instructions on MS Vista networking site found here
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx

Someone please help!!!!

Mark

Post back with the result of net share command in Vista.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Mark" <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4459318F-1E4C-4A1C-8CA5-22D7D633A0A5@microsoft.com...
Hello all. I am new to this forum and am hoping someone here can help me. I
just bought a M1710 XPS Dell with Vista Ultimate on it. I have an existing
network that has XP and 98SE on it. Everything (but the Vista cpu of course)
is networked through a Netgear router. I would like to connect the Vista to
the network so I can share files and I would also like to be able to print
with the networked printer. Here is my first problem. I have enabled
discovery, sharing, etc under the Network and Sharing options. I can see my
XP cpu but not the 98SE when i go to the My Network Places Add New Network
location setup. However, I can't connect to the XP at all or choose a folder
on the XP through the setup wizard. Also, I can see the vista cpu when
adding a new network location on XP, but can't see my "shared folder" I
created on the vista.
My first big problem is when I create a folder on the Vista and right click
on it and go to properties or sharing and then the sharing tab, the window
stops responding and I have to use task mgr to close it. Sometimes it hangs
for awhile and then looks like it is shared...but isn't. And sometimes I
receive a COM Surrogate error. I have disable most of my startup progs in in
msconfig on the Vista...however, none of them seem to have antying to do with
networking. All of my services are enabled.
Can anyone help? I have downloaded all available Vista updates and have
followed alll of the instructions on MS Vista networking site found here
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx

Someone please help!!!!

Mark

"Mark" <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4459318F-1E4C-4A1C-8CA5-22D7D633A0A5@microsoft.com...
> Hello all. I am new to this forum and am hoping someone here can help me.
> I
> just bought a M1710 XPS Dell with Vista Ultimate on it. I have an
> existing
> network that has XP and 98SE on it. Everything (but the Vista cpu of
> course)
> is networked through a Netgear router.

So how is the Vista machine connected to the network?

> I would like to connect the Vista to
> the network so I can share files and I would also like to be able to print
> with the networked printer. Here is my first problem. I have enabled
> discovery, sharing, etc under the Network and Sharing options. I can see
> my
> XP cpu but not the 98SE when i go to the My Network Places Add New Network
> location setup.

Do you mean that you can see the XP machine on Vista but not the 98SE
machine? You'll never see the 98SE machine in Vista, although it might show
up as some other type of device in the network map.

> However, I can't connect to the XP at all or choose a folder
> on the XP through the setup wizard.

You say that you can see the XP machine in Network on Vista. What happens
when you try to connect? Any error messages?

> Also, I can see the vista cpu when
> adding a new network location on XP, but can't see my "shared folder" I
> created on the vista.

Does anything show up as shared on the Vista machine when you see it on XP?

> My first big problem is when I create a folder on the Vista and right
> click
> on it and go to properties or sharing and then the sharing tab, the window
> stops responding and I have to use task mgr to close it. Sometimes it
> hangs
> for awhile and then looks like it is shared...but isn't. And sometimes I
> receive a COM Surrogate error. I have disable most of my startup progs in
> in
> msconfig on the Vista...however, none of them seem to have antying to do
> with
> networking.

Are you absolutely sure?

> All of my services are enabled.
> Can anyone help? I have downloaded all available Vista updates and have
> followed alll of the instructions on MS Vista networking site found here
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx

We need details about your network configuration and any error messages that
you receive.

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On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:08:01 -0700, Mark <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hello all. I am new to this forum and am hoping someone here can help me. I
>just bought a M1710 XPS Dell with Vista Ultimate on it. I have an existing
>network that has XP and 98SE on it. Everything (but the Vista cpu of course)
>is networked through a Netgear router. I would like to connect the Vista to
>the network so I can share files and I would also like to be able to print
>with the networked printer. Here is my first problem. I have enabled
>discovery, sharing, etc under the Network and Sharing options. I can see my
>XP cpu but not the 98SE when i go to the My Network Places Add New Network
>location setup. However, I can't connect to the XP at all or choose a folder
>on the XP through the setup wizard. Also, I can see the vista cpu when
>adding a new network location on XP, but can't see my "shared folder" I
>created on the vista.
>My first big problem is when I create a folder on the Vista and right click
>on it and go to properties or sharing and then the sharing tab, the window
>stops responding and I have to use task mgr to close it. Sometimes it hangs
>for awhile and then looks like it is shared...but isn't. And sometimes I
>receive a COM Surrogate error. I have disable most of my startup progs in in
>msconfig on the Vista...however, none of them seem to have antying to do with
>networking. All of my services are enabled.
>Can anyone help? I have downloaded all available Vista updates and have
>followed alll of the instructions on MS Vista networking site found here
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx
>
>Someone please help!!!!
>
>Mark

Mark,

You might want to check name resolution settings on each computer, to start.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/address-resolution-on-lan.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...on-on-lan.html

Then personal firewalls and the NetBT setting could be involved too.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/0...ing-using.html

And I'm not familiar with a COM surrogate error, specifically, but I suspect I'd
check my drivers next, if I were dealing with such a symptom.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/dealing-with-physical-network-problems.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...-problems.html

Then I'd do an intensive look at the network, repeating the above diagnostics
but in different ways.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/1...isibility.html

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.

Hi Robert, here is my Netshare Command results:

C:\Users\Amanda_2>net share

Share name Resource Remark

-----------------------------------------------------------------
C$ C:\ Default share
D$ D:\ Default share
IPC$ Remote IPC
ADMIN$ C:\Windows Remote Admin
mamnet C:\Users\Public\mamnet
Public C:\Users\Public
Users C:\Users
The command completed successfully.


Hopefully you know what that stuff means because I sure don't!!!!



"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Post back with the result of net share command in Vista.
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "Mark" <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4459318F-1E4C-4A1C-8CA5-22D7D633A0A5@microsoft.com...
> Hello all. I am new to this forum and am hoping someone here can help me. I
> just bought a M1710 XPS Dell with Vista Ultimate on it. I have an existing
> network that has XP and 98SE on it. Everything (but the Vista cpu of course)
> is networked through a Netgear router. I would like to connect the Vista to
> the network so I can share files and I would also like to be able to print
> with the networked printer. Here is my first problem. I have enabled
> discovery, sharing, etc under the Network and Sharing options. I can see my
> XP cpu but not the 98SE when i go to the My Network Places Add New Network
> location setup. However, I can't connect to the XP at all or choose a folder
> on the XP through the setup wizard. Also, I can see the vista cpu when
> adding a new network location on XP, but can't see my "shared folder" I
> created on the vista.
> My first big problem is when I create a folder on the Vista and right click
> on it and go to properties or sharing and then the sharing tab, the window
> stops responding and I have to use task mgr to close it. Sometimes it hangs
> for awhile and then looks like it is shared...but isn't. And sometimes I
> receive a COM Surrogate error. I have disable most of my startup progs in in
> msconfig on the Vista...however, none of them seem to have antying to do with
> networking. All of my services are enabled.
> Can anyone help? I have downloaded all available Vista updates and have
> followed alll of the instructions on MS Vista networking site found here
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx
>
> Someone please help!!!!
>
> Mark

SOMEHOW IT JUST STARTED WORKING!!! WOOHOO!!! I'M NOT SURE WHAT I DID BUT
EVERYTHING IS WORKING!!!!! I CAN EVEN SHARE WITH MY 98SE MACHINE!!!

"Mark" wrote:

> Hello all. I am new to this forum and am hoping someone here can help me. I
> just bought a M1710 XPS Dell with Vista Ultimate on it. I have an existing
> network that has XP and 98SE on it. Everything (but the Vista cpu of course)
> is networked through a Netgear router. I would like to connect the Vista to
> the network so I can share files and I would also like to be able to print
> with the networked printer. Here is my first problem. I have enabled
> discovery, sharing, etc under the Network and Sharing options. I can see my
> XP cpu but not the 98SE when i go to the My Network Places Add New Network
> location setup. However, I can't connect to the XP at all or choose a folder
> on the XP through the setup wizard. Also, I can see the vista cpu when
> adding a new network location on XP, but can't see my "shared folder" I
> created on the vista.
> My first big problem is when I create a folder on the Vista and right click
> on it and go to properties or sharing and then the sharing tab, the window
> stops responding and I have to use task mgr to close it. Sometimes it hangs
> for awhile and then looks like it is shared...but isn't. And sometimes I
> receive a COM Surrogate error. I have disable most of my startup progs in in
> msconfig on the Vista...however, none of them seem to have antying to do with
> networking. All of my services are enabled.
> Can anyone help? I have downloaded all available Vista updates and have
> followed alll of the instructions on MS Vista networking site found here
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx
>
> Someone please help!!!!
>
> Mark