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1. Check you network cable - maybe all the pins are not terminated.
2. Check firewall settings. Disable firewall momentarily and check.
3. Not sure if this makes a difference but ensure you do not have blank 
passwords on the machines.
4. And do the GetLastError if all fails.


Bob Reeves wrote:
> Not sure if anyone can help but I have ran into a weird problem with
> WNetAddConnection2(), one of those "it should work but it doesn't"
> problems... First off, the code is working fine in 14 locations with the
> same computer/network setup. I would post the actual code but don't think it
> would help because it is working in more places than it isn't.
> 
> A little background...
> 
> 3 computers tied together, two running Windows 2000 one running NT 4.0,
> simple LAN using NetBEUI. The two windows 2000 computers connect to a drive
> on the NT computer via WNetAddConnection2() (logging in as Guest) in the
> application(s) software. The code is identical in both applications. The
> Guest account on the NT machine has Admin status...
> 
> In one location one of the Windows 2000 computers refuses to connect,
> WNetAddConnection2() fails. Lets just call the two Win2000 computers Comp1
> and Comp2 for the following...
> 
> Comp1 connects to the NT computer fine.
> Comp2 refuses to connect even if Comp1 isn't on.
> Replace Comp2 with another Computer and it works.
> Take Comp2 to a different site and it works.
> Can access the NT computers drive from Comp2 through My Network.
> Can access Comp2 from the NT computer through Network Neighborhood.
> 
> It seem like that particular windows 2000 computer doesn't like that
> particular NT computer because through all the switching and swapping
> everything works except when these two computers are tied together.
> 
> Please understand this isn't a simple network problem we have spent two
> solid days on the phone chasing down all the normal stuff plus the guy on
> the other end has made many trips to another site swapping computers. Also a
> permanent computer swap isn't possible for reasons outside my control. I
> have an exact copy of the system here in my office and it works great, if I
> could make this one fail I would know what is wrong with the other.
> 
> Any Ideas ? If I can't come up with a solution before next Tuesday I will
> have to make a 900 mile round trip to try and fix it.
>