On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 20:22:00 -0800, lightlytoasted
<lightlytoasted@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>Chuck,
>
>Your blog, while very dense and long, turned out to be very useful. It was
>quite the task really going though it, I probably spent 6 hours on it.
>Anyways, I found my problems by comparing the two registries on the
>computers, and something I found in your blog.
>
>1. The value of "TransportBindName" in
>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters] was
>empty. The value was supposed to be /Device/. (After fixing this, I was able
>to enable NetBIOS over tcpip, and I was also able to run browstat which
>showed no problems other than guest authentication, error 5.)
>
>2. I set the value of "restrictanonymous" in [HKLM \System
>\CurrentControlSet \Control \Lsa] to 0 as instructed by your blog. Now file
>sharing works as it should, as well as with the other xp machines in the
>house I was leaving out of the picture.
>
>Something else that was a little confusing in your blog was the bit about
>"Node Types". You made it sound like Hybrid could cause problems and
>Broadcast was more successful, which very well could be the case. The way
>that you listed the location of the key that controls the "Node Type" made it
>seem like "DchpNodeType" was a folder under
>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters]
>instead of just a DWORD within
>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters].
>Also, "DchpNodeType" is missing from
>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters] in
>Windows Vista which made it even more ambiguous whether it was a missing
>DWORD or another folder.
>
>Here is the behavior that I noticed:
>Missing DWORD named "DchpNodeType" : Hybrid Node Type is default
>Adding a key named "DchpNodeType" : Vista checks its value on start-up (1
>Broadcast, 2 Peer-Peer, 4 Mixed, 8 Hybrid just like you described)
>
>Also a note to others with similar issues, I ended up leaving my node type
>as Hybrid and it works perfectly in my home of 2 vista machines and 2 xp
>machines.
>
>Thanks Chuck
Congrats! I have no idea how you were missing the "TransportBindName" value.
But good job on finding it. I probably would have simply checked for LSP /
Winsock / TCP/IP corruption, although I don't know that would be relevant there
anyway.
Having now spent some time in the registry, you are now aware of how many
settings there are in there. Few of them are completely inconsequential, so
there's a lot of ways that your computer could be messed up.
I don't find the registry naming conventions too user friendly, but the fact is
that "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters]"
is a registry key, and "Node Type" and "DHCP Node Type" are registry values.
That's Microsoft terminology anyway.
I'm not surprised that "Hybrid" Node Type would work reasonably well on a small
LAN, with a decent network speed. I'll note that detail in my article.
The restrictanonymous setting is such a simple one, that has so much effect in
the oddest ways.
Anyway, congrats on getting through the problem, and thanks for the feedback.
--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [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.