On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:11:38 +0000, Julian Templeman
<julian@templeman-consulting.co.uk> wrote:

>I wonder if anyone has any suggestions for solving this problem...
>
>I've got a small home network of five XP machines, all in the same
>workgroup, all accessing the Internet through a Netgear router that
>provides them with DHCP. I use an older PC as a server, and have a
>printer hanging off it that I use from the other machines.
>
>My Dell laptop was working fine, could see the server and could print on
>the shared printer. I take it with me to work at a client's for the day;
>it was working completely stand-alone, but when I brought it home again
>and plugged into the home network, I now have no access to the server.
>
>I can see the Internet; I can ping the server; and I can see the server
>listed in the workgroup in Explorer. What I can't do is access the
>machine, and all I get is the "Server is not accessible. You may not
>have permission to access this resource..."
>
>Any suggestions will be gratefully received!
>
>julian
>in London

Julian,

Your symptoms point to a browser problem picked up from having your laptop
connected to your client's LAN.

Please provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each computer, as a
start. Read this article, and linked articles, and follow instructions
precisely:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [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.