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[radioactive77]

hey everyone heres my problem....

whenever i go to my videos etc...  everytime i click on it , it gives me an error "NT STAUS OBJECT NAME NOT FOUND". instead of showing me the list of computers on my network.  now this just started after i moved into my brothers house. before it worked fine.

also i went and checked on it to see if it was still giving me that error and it suddenly worked for like an hour. and i was done it didnt work any more..

how do i fix this and what does this error mean?

thank you all. for your input would be appreciated <

[nickb834]

Has anything changed on your PC Network? I.e workgroup name, IP Address, Subnet Mask?

It sounds as if the Workgroup name has changed

When you say moved into your brothers house - has all of your network moved with you?

HTH

Nick <

[radioactive77]

i moved from my apartment which i had one computer with a router and the xbox,

my brother has 4 computers a router and xbox. but like i said it worked for like an hour and then later in the day when i went to use it again it stop working.  i can see all the other computers from my computer. but just the xbox has a problem. <

[nickb834]

This error:

"NT STAUS OBJECT NAME NOT FOUND"

Suggests that the Xbox cannot see the workgroup at all, I dunno why it worked for an hour and then stopped.

Can you ping the xbox from your PC?

What IP Address' are the PC's on your lan using and what is their Subnet Mask set to?

Nick <

[radioactive77]

not sure how to ping, im very new at this.

but i can use flashfxp and go to my xbox and what not.

but its weird, back in my apartment i sold my laptop and went to a desktop and i had the same problem when i switched but then i just restarted the computer and it worked fine from there on out.

but i did that here and nothing.

my computer shows the following:

ip address  192.168.1.100

subnet mask  255.255.255.0

default gateway  192.168.1.1 <

[rival29]

You know what, i have my SMB network running. it works great, accept i find that if i havn't tried to access my computer in a while, thats when i get problems like "NT STATUS.." i think its something about the way windows handles SMB requests like it has to reindex all the shares after a certain amout of time or something. <

[radioactive77]

yeah im not sure exactly why it does it, i go to use the stuff about every other day.

it still doesnt work and its so frustrating.

please anyone have any other ideas in specific?  cause im not the greatest with this xbox stuff, still a newbie <

[mighty_falcon]

QUOTE(radioactive77 @ Apr 4 2005, 12:51 AM)

yeah im not sure exactly why it does it, i go to use the stuff about every other day.

it still doesnt work and its so frustrating.

please anyone have any other ideas in specific?  cause im not the greatest with this xbox stuff, still a newbie

i keep getting the same thing from time to time, i can access the comp fine from other comps and see the comps on the network just fine, the prob is only from the xbox

a reboot ususly does the trick for me though but lately it doesnt seem to work even after a reboot...

edit: i think i got it to work by goinng into control panel> admin tools> computer management > shared folders> shares

then click refresh

hope it helps

This post has been edited by mighty_falcon: Apr 4 2005, 04:23 AM <

[radioactive77]

i tries it and still the same thing.

i can ping my xbox no prob. and i can see the other computers from my computer, but the xbox just doesnt want to see my computer.

its bothering me.

i wonder it i uninstall xmbc and reinstall it then maybe it will work again.

anything else you craazy gurus? <

[ninninetynine]

Go to start->run, type services.msc and press enter. In the services make sure that the "Computer Browser" service is running on at least 1 computer on your network, and then restart.

I had the same issue and that fixed it immediately. <

[NICNAC]

I think it may have something to do with not having a browermaster on the network, I could be wrong.

I always used direct mappings to shares  in my XBMC config. because the workgroup thing never worked for me.
But, I reinstalled my PC one day and it all work!
But then again, I find it more convenient to use the direct mappings.

One thing is for certain, its not XBMC's fault.

Try mapping an item directly to the share on your PC through the xboxmediacenter.xml file.( it has examples to follow)

Is there a  firewall enabled on your PC ?(i'm usuming they are xp/2000/9x)

hope this helps

 <

[nickb834]

Yup, I think the browser master is a possibility here.

That said, the comment that was made about making a direct share is an excellent idea - I have always made my shares like that and had no problems.

Basically you would have to share a folder on your pc (Which you have already done) and then change a share in xboxmediacentre.xml to something like this:

<path>smb://user:[email protected]./name of share</path>

HTH

Nick <

[radioactive77]

how do you actually change that file?

i want to do that after reading up on it but i cant figure out how to change it or do i tdo it from my comuter or the xbox. <

[nickb834]

You mean edit the xboxmediacenter.xml?

Dead easy, ftp that file to your computer and edit it with Notepad.

The developers left loads of comments inside to tell you what each bit does.

HTH

Nick <

[radioactive77]

what would my username and password be and also which line do i edit specifically?

cause right now if i click on smb it says access denied.

thanks for your help i actually feel like im getting somewhere <