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The only NetBIOS protocol I have is NWLink NetBIOS - it's not currently installed.

No, what I was talking about is not a protocol. It's a checkbox deep within the property pages of the TCP/IP protocol. If it's unchecked on either the client or the server, it will prevent someone from accessing the server's Windows shares.

Actually on recent Windows computers it's not a checkbox, it's a radio button giving three options:

- Disable
- Enable
- Automatic based on the DHCP server

If it's either disabled or it's set to Auto and the DHCP server disables it, then you'll get the problem you describe.

I don't know where the setting lies in Windows XP, but in Windows 2000 it's Control Panel, Network and Dial Up connections, Local Area Connection (rtclick get properties), select the TCP/IP protocol and get Properties, select the Advanced button, select the WINS tab. It's there at the bottom.
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Tony Fabris