"Network Location Cannot be Reached" when accessing shares

Source: Microsoft Support

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You may experience some of the following symptoms on the Windows Server 2003 computer:

1. On this server, you are unable to access shares on other computers.

2. On other computers, you are unable to access shares on this server. You may receive this error:

\\<computername>
The�network location cannot be Reached. For information about network troubleshooting, see Windows Help.

3. If you run IPCONFIG, it shows "Netbios over Tcpip" as disabled. However, in the�Network card properties GUI, the "Netbios over Tcpip" option is displayed as Enabled.

4. If you run NetDIAG on this server, you see messages like the following:

Redir and Browser test . . . . . . : Failed
List of transports currently bound to the Redir
[FATAL] Unable to retrieve transport list from Redir.
[ERROR_NETWORK_UNREACHABLE]

5. If it is a Domain Controller, DCDiag shows many tests failings with Win32 Error code 1231. For example:

An net use or LsaPolicy operation failed with error 1231,
Win32 Error 1231.

6. If it is a WINS server, when you try to open the WINS console, the error "Cannot find the WINS server" appears.

This may occur when�registry entries for NetBT�were corrupted, incorrect or missing. Normally, this�issue occurs if the system has been compromised.

1. Run Registry Editor (regedit.exe), and check the following registry key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters]

2. Please find if the "TransportBindName" value exists. If either of them does not exist, create it. If�either one is incorrect, change the data. The values should be like this:

Name: TransportBindName
Type: REGSZ
Value: \Device\

3. Under the same registry key, if you find the�"SMBDeviceEnabled" value exists and is 0, it means Direct Hosting is disabled. You may change it to 1 to turn on it unless there are requirements that this should be disabled.

Name: SMBDeviceEnabled
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

120642�TCP/IP and NetBT configuration parameters for Windows 2000 or Windows NT
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;120642

940684�Error message when you try to connect to a file server by using an alternative NetBIOS name in Windows Server 2003: "No network provider accepted the given network path"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;940684


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