I have found many posts on this, but nothing I have found has fixed the issue.  I am new to this, just trying to get a database server up.  I am on a hosted virtual server, so I was not the one to build the virtual machine.  I can ping localhost.  I can see C$ is setup correctly in Computer Management Shares. I am currently on use on the system and I have admin privilege.

When I do a net view, I get a system error 6118 'The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available' so I am looking there also.

Hi,

Thanks for the post. Error 6118 means The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available, mostly it is due to the firewall protection blocks the SMB.

You can check as following steps

1. first check each pc is in the same workgroup.
2. disable the firewall and virus protect in each PC.
3. Ping PC2 from PC1 to ensure the network is ok
4. net view \PC2 from PC1 to check if it is ok.

Besides that, you can also have a look at the below KB, to see if it applies to your situation:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/139910

Hope it helps.

Best Regards,

Elaine