I was on of my machines and I clearly was on the network because I could ping and access the web but I was not able to connect to any local shares. \u00a0That is one problem, I figured it was simply a corrupt MS Client Network file. \u00a0But I when I looked at Network adapters the screen was blank.<\/p>\n
First I thought it may be a patching issue so I patched my machine. \u00a0Still same problem.<\/p>\n
Then I thought maybe it was some malware, I installed malware bytes and it came out clean.<\/p>\n
Then I thought maybe a corrupt file, so I ran sfc \/scannow and it came out clean.<\/p>\n
Next I googled and came across this interesting link<\/p>\n
http:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/windows_7-files\/cant-access-any-shared-folder-on-the-network-from\/dae41d6f-23c8-43e3-9e8b-ea8fa1fc1447?auth=1<\/p>\n
The relevant portion was<\/p>\n
I struggled with this one for a few days, but I believe I have a solution that may work for others. I realize this is an old thread, but it does come up near the top on Google. Here’s my solution:<\/p>\n
I suspected the problem had to do with corruption or misconfiguration with the “Client for Microsoft Networks” (Workstation Service) and “File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks” (Server Service) add-ons to the Windows network stack. You see these items in the advanced configuration of your network adapters.<\/em><\/p>\n What I did was uninstall both protocols and reboot. After the reboot, I opened an elevated command prompt (Run as Administrator) and ran the following commands:<\/em><\/p>\n netcfg \/c c \/i ms_msclient<\/em><\/p>\n netcfg \/c s \/i ms_server<\/em><\/p>\n The first command reinstalls the “Client for Microsoft Networks” piece and the second the “File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks” piece. After rebooting, I rejoined the HomeGroup and was able to browse and write to my file shares.<\/em><\/p>\n Hope this helps!<\/em><\/p>\n I couldn’t get to the GUI to uninstall the client, but then game across this page<\/p>\n https:\/\/social.technet.microsoft.com\/Forums\/scriptcenter\/en-US\/b84c8e31-ab33-4c6c-bb2b-dbe43228994a\/client-for-microsoft-networks?forum=ITCG<\/p>\n It gave a CLI way to uninstall<\/p>\n Anyway I have a fix for doing this which I worked out in combination with a genius!<\/em><\/p>\n Added as individiul commands in the task sequence in MDT these remove the “Client for Microsft Networks” reboot and put it back again.<\/em><\/p>\n Printers install, problem solved!<\/em><\/p>\n Thanks for your help.<\/em><\/p>\n Still didn’t help<\/p>\n I finally found this piece\/clue to help me out<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.askvg.com\/fix-network-connections-folder-is-empty-in-windows-not-showing-network-adapters-list\/<\/p>\n The trick was to delete an entry in the registry and let it recreate<\/p>\n 1.<\/strong> Type regedit<\/strong> in RUN or Start search box and press Enter. It’ll open Registry Editor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 2.<\/strong> Now go to following key:<\/p>\n HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Network<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 3.<\/strong> In right-side pane, you’ll see a binary key “Config<\/strong>“. Select it and press Delete<\/strong> key on your keyboard. You just need to delete Config<\/strong> key.<\/p>\n That could me the GUI, I could add the MS Client and File sharing and it worked.<\/p>\n Final Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n Taxes done, meetup tonight, no real workout though.<\/p>\n Slept well with CPAP.<\/p>\n Tomorrow on it will be a focus on Linuxfest next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was on of my machines and I clearly was on the network because I could ping and access the web but I was not able to connect to any local shares. \u00a0That is one problem, I figured it was … Continue reading netcfg \/u ms_msclient\r\nshutdown -r\r\nnetcfg \/c c \/i ms_msclient\r\nshutdown -r<\/pre>\n