The network path was not found

I fail to open a second pc on my small network. The error message is,
'The network path was not found".

How can i fix it?

Thanks,

Enzo Fiorillo

Right click My Network Places on the Desktop.
Click Properties.
Right click Local Area Connection.
Click Properties.

Under "This connection uses....."
Click "Client for MS Networks".
Click Properties.
Select "Windows Locator" from the dropdown box, if disabled skip.
Click Ok.

Scroll to and select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
Click Properties.

Under the General tab make sure "Obtain an IP address automatically" is
selected.
Click the Advanced button.

Under the DNS tab:
Selected "Append Primary and Parent DNS suffixes.
Register this connections address in DNS"

Under the WINS tab > NetBIOS:
Selected Default.
Ok out of MNP.
Reboot if required.

Test connectivity:
Open a command prompt, click Start > Run, type in: cmd and press Enter.
At the prompt type each command below and press Enter after each.
**Note: Command noted by =, Space noted by ^. Do not type the = or ^.

=ping ^ 192.168.1.1 *Routers IP, change as necessary.
If it times out then there is no communication between the router and machine.
If not then the machine communicates with the router.

=ping ^ google.com
If it times out then there is no connection to the net.
If not then net connection is established and all is well.

ping 127.0.0.1
If it fails it may be a TCP/IP stack problem.

Ping each computer from the other using the UNC:
=ping ^ computername
If it fails either way there's an IP or Name resolution problem.

If pinging times out on any address, check if the machines IP is correct along
with other settings.
= ipconfig ^ /all
If anything isn't correct, at the prompt type and press Enter after each
command:

=ipconfig ^ /release
=ipconfig ^ /flushdns
=ipconfig ^ /renew
=ipconfig ^ /registerdns
=exit
If that fails reopen the command prompt, run /release and /flushdns only and
exit.

Shut down the machine(s).
Pull the power from the router.
Pull the power from the modem.
Wait approx 30 secs.
Apply power to the modem and wait for it to finish synchronizing with the cable.
Apply power to the router and wait for it to finish synchronizing with the
modem.
Power up the machine(s).
The machine(s) should now be assigned a new IP from the router.
Run ipconfig or attempt net connection to test.

Dear Brian, thanks for your message.
I have 2 pcs in a network, the pc1 is connected to internet.
They run in a network with a worgroup named XXX
I can see the pc1 and its files from pc2, but from pc2 i can not see pc1.
I run all the tests you suggest me.
The test which fail was ping from pc1 to pc2 using UNC. Pc2 to pc1 was
succesfull.
The message was "The operation failed as no adapter is in the state
permisible from this operation"
Have you some other hint?

The OS is WinXP sp3 in both pc's.
They are wire connected using a D-link switch.
There are any router.

How can i fix it?

Please provide your exact network setup, each PC's OS, how they are connected,
network properties components/protocols, router manufacturer/make/model,
firewall, etc.

[gandyd66]

I sympathize with everyone who has pulled his hair out over this problem.

I run a win 98 and win xp simultaneously using a broadband router. Just recently I set up a home network with them, using the win xp CD wizard to do so...IP addresses assigned automatically, as well as MSHome, NetBios enabled, file and printer sharing etc.

I can ping fine between the two using the assigned IP addresses, and the win 98 system can see the other computer and access its shared docs folder just fine. However, my win xp computer cannot see the win 98 or access its shared folder (the one with the files I really want to transfer.)

I've tried typing into my XP run box \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(IP address win 98)\shared docs... as well as other similar commands, and just wound up with "The network path was not found"

It's enough to drive you nuts! I've been fiddling with this for days.

Solved my problem. When I got my new win xp machine I wanted to transfer some large files - music, videos - from my old win 98. Networking the two would have been great but I almost went crazy trying to get it working correctly.
Finally I used FTP freeware to transfer the files. Easy solution for what I wanted.