WIN2k3 Network shares error?

Question

On Windows Server 2003 several shared folders exist and have run just fine for well over a year.

These shares are also mapped network drives (not that this should make a difference).

When trying to view them:

c:\>net view \\SERVER_NAME

It kicks back with:

System error 5 has occurred.

Access is denied.

Any Ideas?

Answer 1

Microsoft has a nice article on this problem:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555644

Also, I've known firewall and router-rule changes have caused problems with allowing "net view" to work.