From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 30 13:39:20 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72A2416A417 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:39:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (mail.computinginnovations.com [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22C6C13C45D for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:39:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.8/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l7UDcL2v084153; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:38:22 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20070830083707.0267ec78@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:38:10 -0500 To: L Goodwin , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <821703.76521.qm@web58106.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <821703.76521.qm@web58106.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: OT: Workgroup not available. The network name cannot be found. on Windows 2000 Pro SP4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:39:20 -0000 At 07:40 PM 8/29/2007, L Goodwin wrote: >I apologize for asking this question, but people who >know UNIX often know a lot about operating systems in >general. > >I have a client with a Windows 2000 Pro SP4 host. He >cycled power without shutting down Windows, and now >the Windows network (Network Neighborhood) is hosed. >When he tries to access Network Neighborhood (from >Windows Explorer), he get "Workgroup not available. >The network name cannot be found.". > >This host can ping other hosts on LAN and has Internet >access, and other hosts on LAN see this host and can >access its shared resources (filesytem and printer), >AND connect to it via VPN (it is set up as a VPN >Host). > >What is the "correct" procedure for recovering from >this mishap? TIA! :-) You need to unjoin the domain or workgroup, reboot. Then rejoin the domain or workgroup and reboot yet again. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.