XP and SP2

After installing SP2 on workstations running XP or new computers running XP
that come with SP2 already installed, hereâ??s the problem. I can ping the
server from the workstation but I canâ??t ping the workstation from the server.
Any ideas? I had a similar problem where I couldnâ??t install Norton Anti-virus
from the server to the workstation, it wouldnâ??t connect to the workstation
and gave me the following error, â??cannot access admin$, contact system
administratorâ??. Turned out I turned off the firewall settings in the local
area connection settings on the workstation and it worked. I turned off the
same settings in this case thinking it may help and still canâ??t ping the
workstation.

Cris
Mon Nov 08 04:33:44 CST 2004

have you turned off the firewall on those workstations??

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"ntwrk admn" <ntwrkadmn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AF107DB4-E685-4816-85DD-1A1BE3CF3C84@microsoft.com...
> After installing SP2 on workstations running XP or new computers running
XP
> that come with SP2 already installed, here's the problem. I can ping the
> server from the workstation but I can't ping the workstation from the
server.
> Any ideas? I had a similar problem where I couldn't install Norton
Anti-virus
> from the server to the workstation, it wouldn't connect to the workstation
> and gave me the following error, "cannot access admin$, contact system
> administrator". Turned out I turned off the firewall settings in the local
> area connection settings on the workstation and it worked. I turned off
the
> same settings in this case thinking it may help and still can't ping the
> workstation.

Steve
Mon Nov 08 04:59:29 CST 2004

Try this:
Under the the advanced settings tab in Windows Firewall configuration you
can adjust settings for ICMP traffic. Make sure that "Allow incoming echo
request" is selected. This will allow the workstation to respond to pings
with the firewall turned on.

You may need to use group policy to adjust this setting.

Regards

Steve Flynn

"ntwrk admn" <ntwrkadmn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AF107DB4-E685-4816-85DD-1A1BE3CF3C84@microsoft.com...
> After installing SP2 on workstations running XP or new computers running
> XP
> that come with SP2 already installed, here's the problem. I can ping the
> server from the workstation but I can't ping the workstation from the
> server.
> Any ideas? I had a similar problem where I couldn't install Norton
> Anti-virus
> from the server to the workstation, it wouldn't connect to the workstation
> and gave me the following error, "cannot access admin$, contact system
> administrator". Turned out I turned off the firewall settings in the local
> area connection settings on the workstation and it worked. I turned off
> the
> same settings in this case thinking it may help and still can't ping the
> workstation.

Lewej
Mon Nov 08 10:38:01 CST 2004

Hi

What you need to do is to go into the firewall setting and enable TCP445
under File and Print sharing under exceptions. Enableing TCP 139 allows
connection but will not allow ping.

I would not change ICMP settings.

Regards

Lewej

"ntwrk admn" wrote:

> After installing SP2 on workstations running XP or new computers running XP
> that come with SP2 already installed, hereâ??s the problem. I can ping the
> server from the workstation but I canâ??t ping the workstation from the server.
> Any ideas? I had a similar problem where I couldnâ??t install Norton Anti-virus
> from the server to the workstation, it wouldnâ??t connect to the workstation
> and gave me the following error, â??cannot access admin$, contact system
> administratorâ??. Turned out I turned off the firewall settings in the local
> area connection settings on the workstation and it worked. I turned off the
> same settings in this case thinking it may help and still canâ??t ping the
> workstation.