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The Network Path Was Not Found

Sunday October 2, 2005
| Discussion | When trying to connect to a network resource on another Windows computer, sometimes you might see this error message: "The Network Path Cannot Be Found." Typically you won't find anything obviously wrong in Network Neighborhood or with the ping command. What can be done? On Windows XP, fortunately there is a simple fix that works in many cases.
WinSock Fix for Windows XP Network Clients
Comments
May 12, 2006 at 2:59 am
(1) suresh says:

The network path is not found
please give me solution

September 9, 2006 at 12:34 am
(2) surendra says:

very nice thing i am struggling for it past 6 months, after seeing it i solved my network problem with in seconds
thanks for ur website
from now on words i will visit ur web site dialy

March 11, 2007 at 10:20 pm
(3) Linda says:

Fixing the winsock and tcp/ip worked for me. On the run command I used the following commands —-
for winsock run:
netsh winsock reset

to reset tcp/ip run:
netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt

Make sure only the computer with the router is set to be the server also.
go to network places
view network connections
right click on the various connections go to advanced tab and make sure the computers without the router don’t have
“allow other network users to connect throught this computer’s internet connection” checked

August 27, 2007 at 4:02 am
(4) khanna says:

my problem is . when i want 2 connect to remote pc i cant connect 2 it . it says THE NETWORK PATH CANT BE FOUND

August 7, 2008 at 3:11 am
(5) Network Path Not Found says:

Thanks – have not seen that Winsock fix. I have another post about this on my blog. Hope it helps.

September 12, 2008 at 6:33 pm
(6) Sijo says:

I am using two pcs having Operating system windows 200oPro. The computers are in PICTURE work group. I selected obtain TCP/IP automatically in both computers. I tried to nework with both compuers by using cross cable. I can ping both computers each other but when I will go to computers near me I can find only one computer in PCs. How can I fix this problem?

Thanks

October 20, 2008 at 3:40 am
(7) Sid says:

Tried resolving this issue for several days only to find that it was one of the silliest problem!

Control Panel > Network Connections > (Right click on the active connection) > Properties

Make sure “Client for Microsoft Networks” is checked.

January 28, 2009 at 9:20 am
(8) Aneesh says:

A solution (there could be several causes)

* On the target machine (the one you’re trying to connect to) open up Services, under Administrative Tools in the Start Menu.
* Scroll down to the Computer Browser service.
* If it is Disabled or set to Manual, set it to Automatic.
* Then start it. It may stop immediately again, but this is OK.
* At this point try to connect to the target machine.

If it still doesn’t work, you can try the following:

* open up Network Connections, under Control Panel.
* Right click on your network adapter and click on Properties.
* Click on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), then click on Properties.
* Click on Advanced, and click on the WINS tab.
* Even if it is set to Default, set the radio button to Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP.
* Press OK on each screen until everything’s closed.
* Go back to the client machine and try again.
* You should be able to connect!

If it still doesn’t work:

* Go back to the Services window and find the service named Routing and Remote Access.
* Double-click on it, set it to Manual, and stop it.
* Close Services and try to connect from your client machine again.

March 11, 2009 at 9:56 am
(9) Karl says:

What I did was simply check for the Service pack on both machines and found mine was SP2 and the other was SP3. I simply upgraded mine, rebooted it and I was good to go. No more errors…Hope this helps

March 28, 2009 at 3:13 pm
(10) Jeff says:

I am having the same problem with a twist. I corrected the WINSOCK, and it worked great, but only for about an hour. I redid it on all my computers and still can’t get access to any files over my network (wireless).
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Jeff

May 27, 2009 at 5:55 am
(11) shiva says:

q:The network path was not foung?
plz give me answer my qustion.
and one sysrem to another system sharing.how?

thanks
shiva

June 8, 2009 at 5:00 pm
(12) Solomon G/meskel says:

I am really glad to say you thank you. I am speechless about your tangible ideas keep doing up.

June 12, 2009 at 7:50 am
(13) mohan says:

The network path is not found
please give me solution

June 13, 2009 at 6:18 am
(14) Jeremy Powdrell says:

My main computer is linked via Ethernet to my DSL Modem.

The main computer also has a Wireless adaptor which all other computers connect to. All the computers on the network access the internet through the main computer and all are successfully conected to the internet. Each computer can see the ADSL Modem and can be pinged (10.0.0.2) from any computer.

The problem is that although they all have Internet access, they cannot see the computer allowing the access. Can’t even ping the machine (192.168.0.1)

If I do an ipconfig on any of the machines they show the default gateway correctly as (192.168.0.1)

June 23, 2009 at 8:05 am
(15) Abhishek Shrivastava says:

Thank you very very much sir, It helps me too much. I am website developer, how can I help you, Since you help me.

July 23, 2009 at 11:42 pm
(16) Len says:

Thank you very much. You have solved my network connection problem.

July 27, 2009 at 5:12 am
(17) funmike says:

the message no network path came out even when i could access network and can ping the server but can’t ping the system from another system.

August 10, 2009 at 6:31 am
(18) Islam Al-derbashi says:

some services is not run like workstation

and install xp services pack 3
can solve this problem

September 10, 2009 at 1:34 pm
(19) Mr Phong says:

Thanks Sid very much!!!

October 2, 2009 at 3:58 pm
(20) JP says:

Try this

1- Open Network Connection
2- Check box File & Printer sharing > ok
3- Disabled NIC
4- Enabled it back
5- Open CMD > ipconfig /flushdns

October 17, 2009 at 4:57 pm
(21) VD says:

Great post, thank,s it resolved also my issue: “Can not access shared folders” on 2 pc wi-fi network, although everyone permissions applied to anonymous users + netbios enabled + computer browser enabled + guest account enabled. Only the winsock fix helped with following simple steps in particular executed on both PCs

Quote post No.3:
Fixing the winsock and tcp/ip worked for me. On the run command I used the following commands —-
for winsock run:
netsh winsock reset

to reset tcp/ip run:
netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt

October 17, 2009 at 6:04 pm
(22) VD says:

Worked.. only for short. Now in Jeff’s (no.10) position, not working although did redo the drill several times :-( please help!

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