folder sharing and properties are disabled? 1

[bigdwilly]

I am very new to Win2K Server and am setting it up on a small LAN. I have the computers finally talking to each other, however, when I right click on a folder and click on properties or sharing, nothing at all happens. No popup windows, nothing. And this happens whether I'm logged in to the domain as an administrator or a user. I have a Win2K Server Domain Controller and the other machines aer running Win2K Pro and I can't access the properties or sharing sections to setup shared folders on any of the machines, including the Server. Please help! I'm going crazy!

 

[brontosaurus]

You logged in as an Admin? What file system are you using, FAT32, NTFS, etc...? You can share with FAT, but you can't set Security....

 

[bigdwilly]

No, I have NTFS setup. And the server service is running. When I right click on a folder I can see the sharing and properties links, but when I click on them the menu goes away and nothing at all happens.

 

[brontosaurus]

try to create a share from the command line using NET SHARE. Let's see if that works.

 

[bigdwilly]

Yes that works fine. However, once it's created I still can't access the share itself via the windows interface. Any idea why or what I can do toget the windows share settings accessible? I would prefer to not have to do everything at the command line if possible...

 

[brontosaurus]

I understand your concern, I was just using that as a test...

Any error messages in the Event log System section?
What SP are you on?
If you open up My Computer and type \\MACHINENAME in the Address bar, do you see the share you created?

 

[GlenJohnson]

When I right click on a folder I can see the sharing and properties links,
Are you in windows explorer on the server? You'll see 4 tabs there, but if you're on another machine going through network neighborhood, you'll only see the two. Go to the server and see what's set up in your security. Glen A. Johnson
Johnson Computer Consulting
MCP W2K
glen@nellsgiftbox.com


"What really happens is trivial in comparison to what could occur."
Robert von Musil (1880-1942); Austrian author.

 

[bigdwilly]

Brontosaurus:
I'm running SP3. There are 2 error messages--one that SMTP didn't start and another that the Web Publishing service didn't start, but neither of those should have any impact on this problem, would they? And the share does show up when I do \\MachineName.

GlenJohnson:
The problem happens whether in Windows Explorer or just browsing through "My Computer" and right-clicking on a folder. In both situations I can see the links, but when I click on them NOTHING happens. And it happens whether I'm logged on as an administrator or as a user.

Thanks to you both for your help with this. It's driving me crazy!

 

[brontosaurus]

nah, those error messages are IIS related, which I would uninstall if you're not using...
Odd that you can see the shares in an explorer window, but you can't create them that way...
Did you start this machine out with SP3, or did you install it over SP2? Can you uninstall SP3 as a test?

 

[bigdwilly]

hmm, interesting. I uninstalled SP3, then reinstalled it and now it works fine. Well, thank you very much for the help!