Using XP Pro SP3 I have a Local Area Network in my home. I have systems running XP home, XP Pro, and Vista. All but one can access the Network Attached Storage device (NAS), which is a Seagate DockStar. The DockStar is using Windows NT 4.9 Server. The one system that cannot see the NAS has had problems accessing shares in the past. I have followed some advice and made some registry changes, and now it can see other computers on the network by name, but it still cannot access the NAS by name. Attempts to connect to it by name result in the following error message. "<NAS name> is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the Administrator of this server to find out if you have access permission. The network path was not found." Interestingly, I can browse the NAS from this computer by using its IP, rather than its name. None of the other computers on the network has this problem connecting to the NAS. They can all connect to it by name, including another one that has WXP-Pro SP3. What gives? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. 5 people need an answerI do too

I add this note because I've had problems with Windows XP machines accessing other machine's shared folders. The problem seems to come from DNS, if I assign a static IP to a machine, it then can access the shared folders without problem. I have three XP machines and one by one they developed this problem. Initially they would work, then suddenly - no shares. Regards, John